Saturday, March 19, 2011

queen love story


The last pharaoh of Egypt and the dashing Roman general

One of romance's most famous William Shakespeare, the love story of Antony and Cleopatra is a true test of love. Read on to know the famous love story of Anthony & Cleopatra.


Some love stories are immortal. And the true love story of Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most memorable, intriguing and moving of all time. The real story of these two historical characters had later been dramatized by the maestro William Shakespeare and is still staged all over the world. The relationship of Antony and Cleopatra is a true test of love.

One of the most famous women in history, Cleopatra VII was the brilliant and beautiful last Pharaoh of Egypt. The woman was legendary not only for its breathtaking beauty, but also for his great intelligence. She was responsible in nine languages ​​and was also a skilled mathematician. She is often seen as a beautiful seductress though she was studying to become a nun. She became the mistress of the famous emperor Julius Caesar. After he was killed, she was accused of being party to Ceaser's assassination, for there was a rumor in Rome that Cleopatra had given help to Cassius, one of the murderers of Caesar .

The situation has reached such a head that Caesar's successor and best friend Mark Anthony, the current emperor of Rome, Cleopatra summoned to explain to his headquarters in Anatolia. In the spring of the year 41 BC. she crossed the Mediterranean to see him.

But as she saw Marc Antony, she fell in love with him, and he with her, almost instantly.Sometime later the emperor accepted her invitation to visit his arrival in Egypt and Alexandria in time to spend a winter fun.

The relationship between these two powerful people to the land of Egypt in a strong position. But their love affair outraged the Romans who were wary of the growing powers of the Egyptians. Despite all threats, Antony and Cleopatra got married at Antioch (in Syria) in 36 BC.

Together, Antony and Cleopatra, formed a formidable ruling power. They were now openly together and openly a team against Octavian, Antony's rival for power in Rome.As a Roman general with a powerful army in the eastern provinces, Antony gave his new wife a spectacular wedding present - much of the Middle East. In 34 BC, he declared Cleopatra the Queen of Kings and Caesarion King of Kings, jointly ruling over Egypt and Cyprus and joint lords of the realms of other children.

In the tradition of many eastern monarchies, Cleopatra and Antony began presenting themselves as divine. For the Greeks appeared as Dionysus and Aphrodite, to Egyptians as Osiris and Isis.


But Octavian, Antony's rival in power, had had enough of him. It was a blood relative of Ceaser. how could he bear to see Antony place of his uncle? In 31 BC, he declared war against Antony. The battle between the forces of Octavian and Antony and Cleopatra took place at Actium, Greece, Sept. 2 31.


The exact line of the battle is not known, but it says that if a battle at Actium, Antony got false news of the death of Cleopatra. Shattered, he fell on his sword. He also said that Antony escaped to Egypt with Cleopatra when their fortunes in the war turned against them. But the royal couple could not escape misfortune. The following year, when Octavian arrived in Egypt with his army, Antony had to commit suicide to escape imprisonment. When Cleopatra learned of the death of Anthony, she was shocked. It was taken a prisoner of Octavian, restricted by his bodyguards at a party of his own palace. Shattered by the death of her husband and his captivity with the help of some loyal subjects, she arranged for a small poisonous snake, a viper, smuggling in his quarters in a basket of figs.

Then, Cleopatra ordered her chambermaids to leave her. She put on her royal robes, lied on a bed of gold, and applied to the ASP from his chest. A little later she was found dead.

Great love demands great sacrifices. The love of Antony and Cleopatra epitomize that love is another name for sacrifice.

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