The name of Cleopatra will live for ever. Two thousand years after she died, she is still a symbol of beauty and intelligence. But she was also dangerous. She killed her young brothers; she had a baby with Julius Caesar; and she caused Marc Antony’s death. Famously, she died by putting a snake on her breast. But Cleopatra was also an educated woman in a man’s world. Read her story here (990 words).
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