The war against Antony and Cleopatra
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The ancient sources just say a snake. So we don't know what kind of snake or poison because she had experimented on prisoners in Alexandria. She might have taken poison. But in any case, she is out of the picture in August, the year 30 BC. And it's ironic that one of the most intelligent and gifted of the Ptolemies should be the last of them. I mean, it's really, it is tragic in its way.
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