Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated to her, and Mark Antony threw a fleet, an empire and his own honor to the winds to follow her to his destruction. Disarmed at last before the frigid Octavius, she found her peerless body measured by the cold eye of her captor only for the triumphal procession, and the friendly asp alone spared her Rome's crowning ignominy.

Médias	Livres Hardcover Book (Livre avec dos et couverture rigide)
Validé	8 février 2006
ISBN13	9781421803593
Éditeurs	1st World Library - Literary Society
Pages	228
Dimensions	140 × 216 × 18 mm · 426 g
Langue et grammaire	English
Contributeur	1st World Library
Contributeur	1stworld Library

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