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there relationship had love and passion, and their relationship ended when Mark Antony committed suicide thinking that Cleopatra was dead. When Cleopatra found out, she went to her tomb and used asps to commite suicide.

That's the romantic version of their story. The reality was very different:

Cleopatra and Marc Antony had a political alliance. Both used the other to further their own ends and ambitions. Cleopatra used sex, money and luxury to seduce Antony into granting favors to Egypt. Antony used his power as a Roman triumvirate to amass an army for military ventures and ultimate victory over Octavian. Antony needed Cleopatra's wealth to finance his undertakings and Cleopatra needed Antony's political authority to further Egypt's (and her own) interests. The "love" story is a hyper overrating of their relationship. If you study it closely, you will see that Cleopatra only had her children with Antony after he had granted her some favor. Even her death was a self-serving event.

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