CLEOPATRA
                             (68 - 30BC)
               
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt was famous for her beauty. She ascended the
throne of Egypt in 51BC. In 49BC, Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt and she
became his mistress bearing him a son, Caesarion, and retunred with him
to Rome. She went back to Egypt after Caesar's murder and resumed her role
as queen. In 41BC she met Mark Anthony and bore him 3 sons. In 32BC civil
war broke out between Octavian(adopted nephew of Caesar) and Mark Anthony
and Octavian defeated him at the crucial naval battle of Actium. Fleeing
back to Egypt, Anthony and Cleopatra committed suicide leaving Octavian
sole ruler of the Roman world.