Cleopatra's Desperate Situation

Cleopatra told octavian that i will not be let in triumph. That is a direct quote,. apparently that was written down, has been passed down, a rare direct quote from cleopatra herself. But octavian, look, he made no promises, other than she would her life would be spared. And so this desperate, desperate situation for poor old cleopatra. Think of it, her kids are in the hands of octavian. Her kingdom has been lost. She ordered her eldest son, cesarian, who was now 17 years old at this point, to flee up the nile, away from alexandria. Then she took her two