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Their relationship proved beneficial for both of them and the reciprocity is beyond any doubt. She understood the weaknesses of her state, but that did not stop her from seeking the ways to overcome them. She allied with the most powerful empire of that time, by conquering two of its most important politicians: Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. While her relationship with Julius Caesar appeared to be less under the impression of passion and more under the impression of an alliance between two intelligent people concerned by the well-being of their states, her relationship with mark Antony seems to be much more complicated and it often makes one wonder about their sound judgments. Mark Antony is often described by historians as being on one hand, a very good military man and on the other, a foolish womanizer, loving to party and play jokes any time he got the chance. He is often described as one whose judgment could be overclouded by the pleasures of living.
Cleopatra must have been either in love with him or just blinded...
She should have seen, at some point, the danger of enraging the lion in Rome and stopped in order to try and come to terms with him. but, she was a victim to her own destiny and remained in history as the last pharaoh of Egypt.
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Plutarch's Parallel Lives. Antony. Retrieved: Feb 13, 2009. Available at http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_plutarch_antony.htm
Cleopatra VII Biography (30-69). Copyright@ 1994-2008 Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved at: Feb 13, 2009. Available at http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9250984&page=4
Historic Figures. Cleopatra VII (51-30 BC). Retrieved at: Feb 13, 2009. Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cleopatra_vii.shtml
Dio, Cassius. Roman History. Retrieved: Feb 13, 2009. Available at http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/48*.html
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