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The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony’s revengeful... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Agrippa: Octavian's trusted general, father of Vipsania
- Alexander (aka Alexader Helios): Son of Queen Kleopatra and Marc Antony; Selene's twin brother
- Antonia: Daughter of Octavia and her second husband, Marc Antony
- Antyllus: Son of Marc Antony and his third wife, Fulvia
- Claudia: Daughter of Octavia and her first husband, Gaius Claudius Marcellus
- Drusus: Second son of Livia and her first husband, Tiberius Claudius Nero
- Gallia: Daughter of Vercingetorix, king of the defeated Gauls
- Juba II: Prince of Numidia, son of the defeated King of Numidia, Juba I
- Julia: Daughter of Octavian and his first wife, Scribonia
- Kleopatra VII (popular known/spelled as Cleopatra): Queen of Egypt, mother to Julius Caesar's son Caesarion and to Marc Antony's children Alexander, Selene and Ptolemy
- Livia: Wife of Octavian, Empress of Rome
- Maecenas: Poet, friend of Octavian
- Marc Antony: Roman consul and general
- Marcella: Second daughter of Octavia and her husband, Gaius Claudius Marcellus
- Marcellus: Son of Octavia and her first husband, Gaius Claudius Marcellus
- Octavia: Sister to Octavian, former wife to Marc Antony
- Octavian: Emperor of Rome, known as Augustus from January 16, 27 BC, onward
- Ovid: Poet
- Ptolemy: Younger son of Queen Kleopatra and Marc Antony
- Scribonia: First wife of Octavian, mother of Julia
- Selene (aka Kleopatra Selene): Daughter of Queen Kleopatra and Marc Antony, twin sister of Alexander
- Seneca the Elder: Orator and writer
- Tiberius: Son of Livia and her first husband, Tiberius Claudius Nero
- Tonia: Second daughter of Octavia and Marc Antony
- Verrius: A freedman and a school teacher of great renown
- Vipsania: Daughter of Agrippa and his first wife, Caecilia Attica
- Vitruvius: Engineer and architect, author of De architectura
First Sentence
While we waited for the news to arrive, we played dice.
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