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Death of Antony and Cleopatra is in 1st Century BC Events.
On 10th August 30BC Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 39) committed suicide.
Cassius Dio Roman History Book 51 Chapter 15. 1st August 30BC. 4. Antony, having hoped, killed himself. Cleopatra, insatiable in her desires for Aphrodite (love) and wealth, driven by great ambition for honor and fame and by bold contempt, acquired the throne of Egypt through love and hoped to obtain that of Rome through it. But she failed in this, and she lost the former as well. She conquered two of the greatest Roman men for herself, but through the third, she destroyed herself.
4. ἐλπίσας αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀπέκτεινε. Κλεοπάτρα δὲ ἄπληστος μὲν Ἀφροδίτης ἄπληστος δὲ χρημάτων γενομένη, καὶ πολλῇ μὲν φιλοτιμίᾳ φιλοδόξῳ πολλῇ δὲ καὶ περιφρονήσει θρασείᾳ χρησαμένη, τήν τε βασιλείαν τὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτος ἐκτήσατο, καὶ τὴν τῶν Ῥωμαίων λήψεσθαι δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐλπίσασα ταύτης τε ἐσφάλη καὶ ἐκείνην προσαπώλεσε, δύο τε ἀνδρῶν Ῥωμαίων τῶν καθ᾽ ἑαυτὴν μεγίστων κατεκράτησε, καὶ διὰ τὸν τρίτον ἑαυτὴν κατεχρήσατο.
On 1st August 30BC Mark Antony 83BC 30BC (age 53)stabbed himself with his sword in the mistaken belief that Cleopatra had already done so. When he found out that Cleopatra was still alive, his friends brought him to Cleopatra's monument in which she was hiding, and he died in her arms.
Cassius Dio Roman History Book 51 Chapter 14. 10th August 30BC. 1. And no one knows clearly by what means she [Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 39)] was destroyed: for only small punctures were found around her arm: some say that an asp was brought to her in a water jar or even in some flowers.
1. καὶ τὸ μὲν σαφὲς οὐδεὶς οἶδεν ᾧ τρόπῳ διεφθάρη: κεντήματα γὰρ λεπτὰ περὶ τὸν βραχίονα αὐτῆς μόνα εὑρέθη: λέγουσι δὲ οἱ μὲν ὅτι ἀσπίδα ἐν ὑδρίᾳ ἢ καὶ ἐν ἄνθεσί τισιν ἐσκομισθεῖσάν οἱ.
Cassius Dio Roman History Book 51 Chapter 13. 10th August 30BC. 5. She [Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 39)] gave orders to Epaphroditus, so that under the pretext of taking him away, she could have something else cleared from her path, and thus she attended to the task. After putting on her most splendid clothing, arranging herself in the most becoming manner, and assuming her entire royal appearance, she died.
5. Ἐπαφροδίτῳ σεσημασμένον, ὅπως προφάσει τῆς ἀποκομιδῆς αὐτοῦ ὡς καὶ ἄλλο τι ἔχοντος ἐκποδών οἱ γένηται, δοῦσα ἔργου εἴχετο. τήν τε γὰρ ἐσθῆτα τὴν περικαλλεστάτην ἐνδῦσα, καὶ ἑαυτὴν εὐπρεπέστατα εὐθετήσασα, τό τε σχῆμα τὸ βασιλικὸν πᾶν ἀναλαβοῦσα, ἀπέθανε.
On 23rd August 30BC Marcus Antonius aka Antyllus 47BC 30BC (age 17) was beheaded following the suicide of his father Mark Antony 83BC 30BC (deceased) and stepmother Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (deceased).
Cassius Dio Roman History Book 51 Chapter 15. 29th August 30BC. 6. And he [Ptolemy XV Ceasar aka Caesarion 47BC 30BC (age 17)] was captured and killed on the way. Cleopatra (age 10) (the daughter of Antony (deceased) and Cleopatra (deceased)) was married to Juba, the son of Juba. For Caesar, having raised him in Italy and having campaigned with him, gave her and the paternal kingdom to him, and he also granted Alexander and Ptolemy to them.
6. τε ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ διεφθάρη. ἥ τε Κλεοπάτρα Ἰούβᾳ τῷ τοῦ Ἰούβου παιδὶ συνῴκησε: τούτῳ γὰρ ὁ Καῖσαρ τραφέντι τε ἐν τῇ Ἰταλίᾳ καὶ συστρατευσαμένῳ οἱ ταύτην τε καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν τὴν πατρῴαν ἔδωκε, καὶ αὐτοῖς καὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ τὸν Πτολεμαῖον ἐχαρίσατο.
On 29th August 30BC Ptolemy XV Ceasar aka Caesarion 47BC 30BC (age 17) died.
Around 1635. Pierre Mignard (age 22). "The Death of Cleopatra".
1658. Guido Cagnacci (age 56). "The Death of Cleopatra".
1674 to 1675. Benedetto Gennari II (age 40). "Cleopatra".
1797. Jean-Baptiste Regnault (age 42). "The Death of Cleoptra".
1874. Jean-André Rixens (age 27). "The Death of Cleopatra".
1890. John Collier (age 39). The Death of Cleopatra.
1892. Reginald Arthur Smith (age 21). "Cleopatra".
Life of Antony by Plutarch Chapter 86. 1. It is said that the asp was brought with those figs and leaves and lay hidden beneath them, for thus Cleopatra had given orders, that the reptile might fasten itself upon her body without her being aware of it. But when she took away some of the figs and saw it, she said: ‘There it is, you see,' and baring her arm she held it out for the bite.
λέγεται δὲ τὴν ἀσπίδα κομισθῆναι σὺν τοῖς σύκοις ἐκείνοις καὶ τοῖς θρίοις ἄνωθεν ἐπικαλυφθεῖσαν, οὕτω γὰρ τὴν Κλεοπάτραν κελεῦσαι, μηδὲ αὐτῆς ἐπισταμένης τῷ σώματι προσπεσεῖν τὸ θηρίον: ὡς δὲ ἀφαιροῦσα τῶν σύκων εἶδεν, εἰπεῖν: ‘ἐνταῦθα ἦν ἄρα τοῦτο:' καὶ τὸν βραχίονα παρασχεῖν τῷ δήγματι γυμνώσασαν.