Tang Zhaozong and Tang Zhangwei gathered together to excavate the tomb of Cleopatra VII, and this place is indeed a bit difficult to dig.

Because when Octavian put Cleopatra to death, he killed her son Caesar the Younger in order to secure his inheritance.

Octavian gained the support of the Roman Empire, and when he killed Cleopatra VII, he seized power and acted as the pharaoh of Egypt himself.

This guy is hypocritical, but he has deceived many people.

Cleopatra VII knew Rome well with the political situation and the leading figures, and thought it was another great opportunity, so he made clever arrangements to take advantage of it. Legend has it that Cleopatra VII sailed from Egypt on a luxurious ship to Silesia and then to Tarsus via the Denos River. The cabin of the ship is adorned with purple sails dyed with precious Tyre dye, and the stern tower is bezel-set with gold sheets, which shine with the blue waves during the voyage. The queen was dressed as the goddess Venus and lay in a tent of gauze strung with gold threads as thin as cicada's wings. The beautiful boy stood on either side like a cupid, each holding an incense fan and shaking it gently. A maid dressed as a fairy of the sea, holding a silver paddle, paddling rhythmically to the sound of drums. When the residents saw this scene, they suspected that Venus, the goddess of love, had come here on a golden dragon to have fun with the god of wine (Anthony). People rushed to tell each other, and the audience was like a tide. Antony was invited to a banquet on the ship, and was fascinated and overwhelmed by the charming demeanor and elegant conversation of Cleopatra VII. Not only did he throw aside the question of Cleopatra VII's warm attitude against the republican opposition to the Triumvirate, but he immediately agreed to all of her demands, even allowing her to kill her half-sister Assis, the heir and contender for the throne of Egypt and who had taken refuge in Ephesus. Within a few days, the warrior became her captive and went with her to Egypt. They spent the winter of 41-40 B.C. together in Egypt.

In the summer of 40 BC, Antony returned to Italy. At this time, the conflict between Antony and Octavian eased, and he married Octavia's sister Octavia to consolidate the political alliance in the traditional Roman way of marriage. By 37 BC, the conflict between Antony and Octavian deepened, and Antony returned to the east to prepare an expedition to Parthia. On the grounds that the journey was too difficult for him to live in a military camp, Octavia was sent back to Rome. When Antony arrived in Antioch, he invited Cleopatra VII to meet and marry Cleopatra VII in violation of Roman tradition.

The union of Antony and Cleopatra VII was not entirely driven by **, but had a political purpose. Antony's attempt to stabilize Rome's eastern provinces, his expedition to Parthia, and his struggle against Octavian were in dire need of financial support from Egypt. At the time of the profound social crisis in the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII used various tricks, including the method of confusing Antony, in order to maintain and develop the Ptolemaic Kingdom under the power of Rome, and strengthen and expand his ruling power. In order to satisfy Cleopatra VII's ambitions, Antony gave Cleopatra VII central Syria, some cities along the Phoenician coast, the island of Cyprus, and parts of the kingdom of Nabat. Cleopatra VII supported Antony's expedition to Parthia, but failed to win. In 34 B.C., after Antony's victory in Armenia, not in Rome but in Alexandria, Egypt, a triumphal ceremony was held according to Egyptian etiquette, and the two men ascended to the throne made of gold, Cleopatra was called "Queen of Kings", and his son Ptolemy XV was called "King of Kings". Antony's actions in the East, and especially his relationship with Cleopatra VII, were first criticized by the Romans, which then provoked their anger. They rebuked Antony for giving Cleopatra VII and her children the conquests of Rome and preparing to move the capital to Alexandria and establish a new dynasty. In Rome, Cleopatra VII was hated as the greatest threat to Rome after Hannibal. This has discredited Anthony and deprived him of strong domestic support. This was exploited by Octavian and was one of the reasons for Antony's defeat in the struggle against Octavian.

In 32 BC the contradictions between Antony and Octavian became acute. Completely ruptured. At the request of Cleopatra VII, Antony officially abandoned his wife, Octavia. Octavian also vowed to avenge his sister's insults. Contrary to Roman tradition, he obtained Antony's will from the virgin of Vesta and made it public. Antony's will recounts his territorial allotment of Cleopatra VII and his children, and orders Cleopatra VII to bury his body in Alexandria. As soon as the will was announced, public opinion was in an uproar and the crowd was indignant. Accordingly, the Senate and the Citizens' Assembly [Tribus Assembly] declared war on Cleopatra VII on the grounds of usurping the property of the Roman people, and deprived Antony of his consulship and all other powers.

In 31 BC Antony and Octavian's army met at the Cape of Actium [Battle of Actium]. In the midst of the battle, Antony's fleet was frustrated, and Cleopatra VII's ship abruptly withdrew from the battlefield and sailed back to Egypt, for reasons that are still unknown. Anthony then gave chase, leaving his fighting forces to be annihilated. In 30 BC, Octavian attacked Egypt and besieged Alexandria. Anthony saw that the tide was turning, and he killed himself.

Cleopatra VII knew that his death was near, and he had long studied various methods of suicide. She took refuge in the tomb fort, but was captured by Octavian. When Octavian went to visit her captive, she also used her tricks to coax and confuse Octavian, but to no avail. Octavian's purpose in capturing Cleopatra VII was to bring her back to Rome for a triumphal appearance. When Cleopatra VII learned of this, she was in despair and despair, and her faithful maids brought her a poisonous snake called "Aps" in a fig basket, and she grabbed the baby snake and put it on her breasts, ending her legendary and romantic life. Legend has it that despite her strict guarding, she managed to get a basket of figs from a farmer that contained a small poisonous snake called "Asp", which she let bite her arm and die unconscious. Octavian fulfilled her dying request and buried her with Antony.

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