Cleopatra's death??

Question

how do you think Cleopatra died, because i have heard many things. i always thought it was suicide (by a cobra), until i searched more into it. i'll look at the links if you post them (i love history lol). thanks again, Val

well i've heard of murder, posioning (in a cracker), and the snake thing....to name them all.

Answer 1

The Death of Cleopatra
When Octavian and his men reached her monument Cleopatra refused to let them in. She negotiated with them through the barred door, demanding that her kingdom be given to her children. Octavian ordered one man to keep her talking while others set up ladders and climbed through the window. When Cleopatra saw the men she pulled out a dagger and tried to stab herself, but she was disarmed and taken prisoner. Her children were also taken prisoner and were treated well.

Octavian allowed Cleopatra to arrange Antony's funeral. She buried him with royal splendor. After the funeral she took to her bed, sick with grief. She wanted to kill herself, but Octavian kept her under close guard. One day he visited her and she flung herself at his feet, nearly naked, and told him she wanted to live. Octavian was lulled into a false sense of security.

Cleopatra was determined to die - perhaps because she had lost Mark Antony, perhaps because she knew Octavian intended to humiliate her, as her sister Arsinoe had been humiliated, by marching her through Rome in chains. With Octavian's permission she visited Antony's tomb. Then she returned to her mausoleum, took a bath, and ordered a feast. While the meal was being prepared a man arrived at her monument with a basket of figs. The guards checked the basket and found nothing suspicious, so they allowed the man to deliver it to Cleopatra.

After she had eaten, Cleopatra wrote a letter, sealed it, and sent it to Octavian. He opened it and found Cleopatra's plea that he would allow her to be buried in Antony's tomb. Alarmed, Octavian sent messengers to alert her guards that Cleopatra planned to commit suicide. But it was too late. They found the 39-year old queen dead on her golden bed, with her maid Iras dying at her feet. Her other maid, Charmion, was weakly adjusting Cleopatra's crown. "Was this well done of your lady, Charmion?" one of the guards demanded.

"Extremely well," said Charmion, "as became the descendent of so many kings." And she too fell over dead.

Two pricks were found on Cleopatra's arm, and it was believed that she had allowed herself to be bitten by an asp (a kind of poisonous snake) that was smuggled in with the figs. As she had wished, she was buried beside Antony.


From this site: http://www.royalty.nu/Africa/Egypt/Cleopatra.html

Answer 2

Antony committed suicide, having been told Cleopatra was dead. A few days later Cleopatra died as well by her own hand. The ancient sources generally agree that she was bitten by an asp, as were two of her servants

Answer 3

I thought that she had committed suicide along with Mark Anthony . I think now that she was murdered when some-one delivered a basket with figs . A poisonous Asp snake was in the basket ; it bit QUEEN Cleopatra and she died . The murderer knew that Queen Cleopatra , the EGYPTIAN Queen loved figs.

Answer 4

Caesarian, her son by Gaius Julius Caesar, develop into murdered by Octavian. The boy develop into 14. He develop into seen as a potential rival for Roman potential in Egypt and subsequently had to be eradicated. Her 2 toddlers by Marcus Antonius have been taken decrease back to Rome. There are no longer any archives of what occurred to them. in view that the two toddlers have been fairly youthful and illegitimate, they have been no political hazard to Octavian. The family Antonii does no longer have claimed them.

Answer 5

there was no concrete findings in the death of Cleopatra.some researchers said it was suicide, but some said she was killed by his son because of greed and power. but for my own opinion she really did commit suicide,her forces was defeated in a battle, Cleopatra chose to submit to the deadly bite of an asp rather than humiliation by her enemies.she did not commit suicide by herself, she had help by her servant, her servant also committed suicide

Answer 6

Cleopatra did indeed commit suicide by snake. Nasty way to die, I think.

Answer 7

I also thought it was an asp snake sucide self inflicted

Answer 8

I know she was a very very beautiful woman. If she was able to maintain an inner beauty she would have not had such a death.

She may rest in peace.

Answer 9

Nobody knows exactly! That's a logical answer !

Answer 10

It was an asp, not a cobra.