The Greek queen of Egypt Cleopatra is associated with a very public love affair with Roman leader Julius Caesar apart from ...

the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ...

CLEOPATRA’S DAUGHTER ... Archaeologists uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah. They have tentatively dated the structure to the late fourth ...

most of which may not even be of Cleopatra. Ancient historians praised her allure, not her looks. Certainly she possessed the ability to roil passions in two powerful Roman men: Julius Caesar ...

The queens of ancient Egypt say yes ... In response, Cleopatra briefly fled to Roman-controlled Syria. Cleopatra’s father had been sympathetic to—and reliant on—Rome during his rule.

he was was 52 and had a wife back in Rome. But something about the 21-year-old Cleopatra caught his eye. Perhaps it was her charming banter and impressive mind. The ancient author Plutarch reports ...

Only 17 when she took the throne, Cleopatra became one of Egypt's most powerful rulers, bonding on a political and personal level with two of ancient Rome's most powerful rulers, Julius Caesar and ...

such as the sex panic comedy "Barebacking" earlier this year, he can both stimulate and entertain at a breakneck pace. In "Cleopatra: The Musical," his theatrical juice runs dry in ancient Rome.