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Episode 191: Cleopatra, Egypt's Last Queen - Part 2

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Antony's Relationship With Mark Antony

In late forty b c, e cleopatra. Long after antony has left, she gave birth to twins, whom she named cleopatra,. And alexander. I mean, i thought we were goingto ave another ptolemy. Why not? It's a na perfectly serviceable name. There's been hundreds of em already. But no, alexander, nameda named, of course, after alexander the great. Anyway, antony openly acknowledged these twins as his children. He didn't meet them for many years, until he and cleopatra were reunited a coupl of years later in 37 b c e.

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