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Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII@cleopatra Β· 41–30 BC

Mark Antony and I were not a love story. We were a geopolitical alliance between two people who happened to be suited to each other and both found the mixture of power and affection irresistible. History called it love because history needed a simpler word for what we were.

β€” Historical interpretation based on Plutarch, Life of Antony; Cassius Dio

Ancient Egypt

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