1. The Soap Opera That Was Cleopatra
... to Egypt. It was over a year before Octavian comes over to Egypt but that too is not shown in the film. The facts around Cleopatra retrieved from multiple sources, include that the Romans were expanding their power to the Mediterranean, and that Egypt and Roman politics were closely ... of her reign. Rome wanted her defeated, so most of the information regarding her is from Rome's perspective. There was a lot of propaganda surrounding Cleopatra, which was brought about by Octavian. Octavian defeated her in the battle of Actium, and later becomes Augustus, emperor of Rome. Octavian const...
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