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History’s power couples: romances that changed the course of nations

Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome (Image Credits: Flickr) Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had ...
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He was ancient Rome’s mightiest figure – and rumours said he had a secret affair with Julius Caesar

Did Octavian, later known as the Roman emperor Augustus, have an affair with Julius Caesar? That’s precisely what Mark Antony ...
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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA: The Doomed Love Affair That United Ancient Rome and Egypt

Stroud, Eng.: Amberly/Philadelphia: Casemate, 2009. Pp. 189. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $24.95 paper. ISBN: 1848683243. This dual-biography works quite well ...
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Cattrall has played Cleopatra twice. Now she explores the real character of the great Queen of Egypt, and travels to Rome, ironically Marc Antony’s city, in her quest to find out more about the ...