The Rise of Cleopatra
The Ancients
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Cleopatra and Marcanthony
Cleopatra returned to Alexandria a champion of the diplomatic stage her new ally and lover Marcanthony by her side. They seem to have had a great time in Alexandria very childish in many ways drinking societies playing jokes going through the streets in quite a rowdy manner. It's interesting to know how much of this is is her working out what he liked to do and and using it to entrap him further but I think we have to allow a bit more political acumen than this. She knows exactly what he likes and she's providing it.
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