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31. Cleopatra was eventually able to replace 200, 000 of the manuscripts.

32. Although she is often portrayed as a femme fatale, Cleopatra was deeply religious and studied to be a nun.

33. Infatuated with Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, Antony lost his will to fight.

34. But who was the real Cleopatra ? What did she really look like?

35. Another vintage coupling, and one of the most famous in all moviedom, having jointly-appeared in the likes of Cleopatra,[http://sentencedict.com/cleopatra.html] The Taming of the Shrew and The VIPs (among others).

36. Cleopatra was imprisoned inside her mausoleum on the day of her death.

37. A divination to forewarn Cleopatra against an alliance with Julius Caesar.

38. Cassius Dio, a Roman historian who lived 200 years after Cleopatra, described her death as calm and painless.

39. He is Lear, Romeo, Oedipus, Tiresias; he has stepped out of a play and even the woman he loves is Rosalind, Cleopatra, never The Dark Lady.

40. Cleopatra fell in with the most celebrated military commanders of her day, sequentially allying herself and producing children with her white knights, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

41. And 2000 years later it is Cleopatra who remains in our memory.

42. Octavian's fleet was commanded by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, while Antony's fleet was supported by the fleet of his lover, Cleopatra VII, queen of Ptolemaic Egypt.

43. "My dream is to find a statue of Cleopatra—with a cartouche," says Goddio.

44. While filming the lavishly produced Cleopatra in 1961, she started a torrid, tabloid-chronicled affair with Richard Burton, who played Mark Antony and who was also married at the time.

45. One of the most famous women in history, Cleopatra VII was the brilliant and beautiful last Pharaoh of Egypt.

46. A top archeologist in Egypt says he may have found the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.

47. Julius Caesar (1599) and Antony and Cleopatra (1607) are outstanding tragedies on classical themes. To these he brought an unmatched genius for stagecraft, poetry, and insight into human character.

48. The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra is supposed to have used henna to color her hair.

49. The couple planned to conquer Rome. But in 31 B.C. the Roman general Octavian destroyed the combined forces of Antony and Cleopatra in the battle of Actium.

50. Egyptian archaeologists believe they have found the skull of Egypt's Queen Cleopatra (see photo), and workers are hoping they will also find the remains of the celebrated Roman general Mark Antony.

51. When Octavian actually declares war, he chooses to declare war on Cleopatra.

52. Cleopatra VII was the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling as co-regent with her son, Ptolemy XV.

53. She pored over the canonical texts, particularly Plutarch's account of Mark Antony's alliance with Cleopatra.

54. It wasn't her beauty. Women in Egypt had always been powerful: Queen Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and now Cleopatra.

55. Watch as a flower expert and professional gardener demonstrates how to plant and care for fall-blooming Canna Cleopatra bulbs in this free online video about home gardening.

56. Plutarch tells of a pitiful scene that occurred at Philip's marriage to Cleopatra.

57. New York, US: Peanutter, a Lilac Tourtie European Burmese cat, wears a Cleopatra costume to promote Meet the Breeds, hosted by the American Kennel Club and Cat Fanciers Association.

58. Using Cleopatra as a pawn Octavian played a calculated game.

59. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).