Cleopatra's Final Act: Egypt's Last Pharaoh Dies
Cleopatra VII ends her life with an alleged asp bite, extinguishing the last spark of Egypt's independent Ptolemaic dynasty and handing the Nile valley to Rome as a province. This final act transforms Egypt from a sovereign kingdom into the breadbasket of the Roman Empire, ending three centuries of Greek rule that began with Alexander the Great.
August 12, 30 BC
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