Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated to her, and Mark Antony threw a fleet, an empire and his own honor to the winds to follow her to his destruction. Disarmed at last before the frigid Octavius, she found her peerless body measured by the cold eye of her captor only for the triumphal procession, and the friendly asp alone spared her Rome's crowning ignominy.

Media	Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released	February 8, 2006
ISBN13	9781421803593
Publishers	1st World Library - Literary Society
Pages	228
Dimensions	140 × 216 × 18 mm · 426 g
Language	English
Contributor	1st World Library
Contributor	1stworld Library

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