Cleopatra the last pharaoh of Eqypt, was legendary for both her great intellect and her incredible beauty. When she and Mark Anony, a Romans general, met in 41 b.c.e., they instantly fell in love. Many Romans objected to Antoy and Cleopatra’s relationship because they feared that the power of Rome would aiminish. The pair, in fact, did marry in 36 b.c.e. In 31 b.c.e., while fighting a battle in Actium,antony got false news of Cleopatra’s death. Not wanting to live without her stabbed himself with his own sword. When Cleopatra learned about Antony s death,she let herself be bitten by a poisonous snake, and she was laster found dead