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Cleopatra’s Suicide Timeline Game

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In Cleopatra’s suicide (30 BC), players will immerse themselves in the final days of the famous queen of Egypt. Through a timeline game, they will have to place events in their correct chronological order to understand the sequence of events leading up to her tragic end.

  • Learn about Cleopatra’s alliances and betrayals
  • Discover the political turmoil in ancient Egypt
  • Experience the drama and intrigue of Cleopatra’s last moments
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  • August 1, 30 BC: Death of Mark Antony
  • August 1, 30 BC: Cleopatra learns of Mark Antony's death
  • August 1, 30 BC: Cleopatra sends messengers to Octavian to negotiate her surrender
  • August 1, 30 BC: Cleopatra retreats to her mausoleum
  • August 1, 30 BC: Cleopatra sends a letter to Octavian expressing her desire to be buried with Mark Antony
  • August 1, 30 BC: Octavian refuses Cleopatra's request
  • August 12, 30 BC: Cleopatra decides to commit suicide
  • August 12, 30 BC: Cleopatra's servants smuggle in poisonous snakes into her mausoleum
  • August 12, 30 BC: Cleopatra is bitten by an asp and dies
  • August 12, 30 BC: Cleopatra's body is discovered by her servants
  • August 12, 30 BC: Cleopatra's funeral procession is organized by Octavian
  • August 12, 30 BC: Cleopatra is buried alongside Mark Antony
  • August 30, 30 BC: Octavian declares Egypt a Roman province
  • August 30, 30 BC: End of the Ptolemaic dynasty
  • August 30, 30 BC: Octavian becomes the undisputed ruler of the Roman Empire

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