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aug 30 Learn More Cleopatra Commits Suicide
Cleopatra took her own life—allegedly by provoking an asp to bite her—on this day in 30 C.E. Pop culture portrays the pharaoh as a striking beauty, but in reality, she was actually pretty average looking. She was wickedly witty, though, and charmed both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. She was also just plain wicked. How wicked? She had her own half-sister whacked to make sure that there was nobody to challenge her power.
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