... foreign policy on Roman alliances." A strategy used by her father earlier in order to escape the angry Alexandrian's. The entering of Julius Cesar in Cleopatra's life was perhaps one of the most significant events of her life. After defeating Pompey, Julius Caesar entered the city as a conqueror. This caused obvious distaste amongst the Alexandrians. These developments caused Cleopatra to seek Cesar's asylum, ... ever the method of their meeting, they became lovers, perhaps for political reasons of political convenience, but the attraction between two powerful people of high lineage must...

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... implying when writing the play. Shakespeare's play seems to demonstrate a continuing struggle for power, whether it be Cleopatra's ever long battle to keep Egypt hers, for she had already made Julius Caesar lay down his sword, or Antony's conflicts within himself to regain his power over not only Rome, but also himself and most importantly Cleopatra, the "cause of his downfall". On ... top of this is Octavius Caesar's fight to become the sole triumpher of Rome, and Pompey's fight to bring himself back to Rome. Would it be better suggested that perhaps his theme was that with great ... ...

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