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Cover of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare · 1824
Mentioned 2 times across 1 podcast · 2026
Mention timeline2 mentions
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Where it's mentioned
An African king in the Roman empire
HistoryExtra podcast · Oct 2026
“of course those listeners familiar with Shakespeare's Manson and Cleopatra will know this story well”
What myths do we tell about royal women?
HistoryExtra podcast · Jun 2026
“They were always killing each other. She knew how to kill herself swiftly with a poison, and the likelihood of it being a snake bite. I think is just impossible. But you know, I think about Cleopatra. Who benefited? Who benefits from her dying? It's the Romans. Because I think the last thing that Octavian wanted was a real life. Cleopatra living in captivity in Rome, because that could have been a superb threat to his total vision that Egypt was excessive and needed to be taken over an”