7 Interesting Facts about Cleopatra You Might Not Know

Mark Antony and Cleopatra May Be Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

After the defeat by Octavian, Cleopatra committed suicide. Ancient Cleopatra facts tell us that her death was the result of being bitten by a poisonous snake. As a result of these accounts, there have been many works of art that show Cleopatra being bitten by a snake. Cleopatra’s death is one of the more mysterious Cleopatra facts. Historians have recently suggested that Cleopatra took a poison drink and that is what killed her. Cleopatra died sometime in 30 BC.