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This is my entry for [link] 's "Egypt and Cleopatra" contest!

-Returning to Egypt after the murder of Caesar and the battle of Philippi, Cleopatra was visited (42 B.C.) by Marc Antony, who had come to demand an account of her actions. He fell hopelessly in love with her, and Cleopatra, conscious of her royalty and even her claims to divinity as the pharaoh's daughter, seems to have hoped to use Antony to reestablish the real power of the Egyptian throne. They were married in 36 B.C. Most of the Romans feared and hated Cleopatra, and Octavian (later Augustus) undertook to destroy the two lovers. Antony and Cleopatra were defeated off Actium in 31 B.C., and, returning to Alexandria, they tried to defend themselves in Egypt. When they failed, Antony committed suicide by falling on his sword. Cleopatra, faced by the cold and unmoved Octavian, also killed herself. ([link] )

Wig: [link]

Necklace: [link]

Cleopatra: [link]

Background: [link]

Everything else: my own various meddlings

Description
This is my entry for [link] 's "Egypt and Cleopatra" contest!

-Returning to Egypt after the murder of Caesar and the battle of Philippi, Cleopatra was visited (42 B.C.) by Marc Antony, who had come to demand an account of her actions. He fell hopelessly in love with her, and Cleopatra, conscious of her royalty and even her claims to divinity as the pharaoh's daughter, seems to have hoped to use Antony to reestablish the real power of the Egyptian throne. They were married in 36 B.C. Most of the Romans feared and hated Cleopatra, and Octavian (later Augustus) undertook to destroy the two lovers. Antony and Cleopatra were defeated off Actium in 31 B.C., and, returning to Alexandria, they tried to defend themselves in Egypt. When they failed, Antony committed suicide by falling on his sword. Cleopatra, faced by the cold and unmoved Octavian, also killed herself. ([link] )

Wig: [link]

Necklace: [link]

Cleopatra: [link]

Background: [link]

Everything else: my own various meddlings