How Did Cleopatra Escape?

Cleopatra took her own life on the tenth of august in 30 b c e. The famous story is that she allowed herself to be bitten by a snake. But honestly, this doesn't quite add up. She injected some kind of poison into her body with the use of a needle or a hairpin. There is still some debate about the exact circumstances. With cleopatra dead, there was very little standing in the way of octavian from taking total control of egypt. And that's what he did.