This 1912 images shows Cleopatra dropping a pearl into a golblet of wine. The Roman writer Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History, told of Cleopatra betting Marc Antony that she could host the most expensive dinner in history. To impress Antony and the Roman Empire he represented with the extent of Egypt’s wealth., she crushed one large pearl from a pair of earrings and dissolved it in a goblet of wine (or vinegar), before gulping it down (the subject of this illustration.) Cleopatra VII (69-30 ), the daughter of Ptolemy XI, of Egypt. She married her brother Ptolemy XII and began to rule
This 1912 images shows Cleopatra dropping a pearl into a golblet of wine. The Roman writer Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History, told of Cleopatra betting Marc Antony that she could host the most expensive dinner in history. To impress Antony and the Roman Empire he represented with the extent of Egypt’s wealth., she crushed one large pearl from a pair of earrings and dissolved it in a goblet of wine (or vinegar), before gulping it down (the subject of this illustration.) Cleopatra VII (69-30 ), the daughter of Ptolemy XI, of Egypt. She married her brother Ptolemy XII and began to rule Egypt with him when she was 17. She later aligned her elf with Julius Caesar against her brother. Following Caesar's death, she aligned herself with Mark Antony. Following Antony's death, she is said to have killed herself, as legend has it, by the bite of an asp.
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