How did Cleopatra die? (the snake)

How did Cleopatra die? The snake is in every painting of her, and nobody has ever found it

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1. How did Cleopatra die? The snake is in every painting of her, and nobody has ever found it
2. Cleopatra’s kingdom of Egypt is falling
3. Cleopatra chooses to be immortalized as a queen
4. Cleopatra chooses death on her own terms
5. The great debate: the snake
6. He wasn’t an eyewitness and never revealed the original source of the story; he was compiling earlier accounts and traditions that have since been lost.
7. But, even Plutarch admitted no one actually knew how Cleopatra died, so the famous snake-and-fig-basket story is a possibility, not established fact.
8. PLUTARCH ADMITTED HE DIDN'T KNOW
9. Legacy
10. WHY WE CANNOT LET HER GO

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