A to Z Challenge – K is for

Κλεοπάτρα

or Cleopatra if you prefer

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Liz Taylor inna wig

I think most people must know about this amazing woman, who ensnared two of the most accomplished Roman generals, had children by both of them and then died in a magnificently defiant and romantic suicide pact when her defeat and capture was certain. But how much of that well known and frequently filmed story is real?

For a start there was a whole bunch of Cleopatras. It was a very popular name for E...