Cleopatra Dies: Egypt's Last Pharaoh Ends Her Life, Possibly by Asp
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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