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

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Octavian Declares War on Cleopatra

Cleopatra was providing military support to, effectively a private roman citizen. Octavian wanted to take her out of the equation and so he declares war on cleopatra. The interesting thing is, these two had a numerical advantage over octavian. But irrespective of this, Cleopatra and antony, they sailed their navy north. They sailed at greece, from where they sought to challengeOctavian at sea but it only got worse from there.

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