What was Cleopatra's favorite things?

Answer 1

Only a few of her favorite things have drifted down to us. We know that she liked to eat. She was always throwing or attending elaborate dinners and right before she killed herself the ancient writers say that she ordered a "sumptuous meal". This fits in with the reconstructors theory that she may have been "quite plump" and also the fact that a few of her ancestors had what we would politely call weight problems. We also know that she owned and liked expensive jewelry by the story of Cleopatra and the pearl as told by Pliny the Elder. That's about all we can say about her personal likes.