The romance between Antony and Cleopatra began when Cleopatra sailed up the River Cydnus, now the Berdan in Mersin Province, south Turkey. She lay under a canopy of cloth of gold, dressed as Venus in her barge "with gilded stern and outspread sails of purple, while oars of silver beat time to the music of flutes and fifes and harps." Their relationship might have changed the world, if Antony had succeeded in winning sole control of Rome with Cleopatra as his queen. However, their relationship ended in mutual suicide in 30 BC, eleven years after it started.
The romance between Antony and Cleopatra began when Cleopatra sailed up the River Cydnus, now the Berdan in Mersin Province, south Turkey. She herself lay, under a canopy of cloth of gold, dressed as Venus in a picture in her barge "with gilded stern and outspread sails of purple, while oars of silver beat time to the music of flutes and fifes and harps. Their relationship might have changed the world, if Antony had succeeded in winning sole control of Rome with Cleopatra as his queen. However, their relationship ended in mutual suicide in 30 BC, eleven years after it started, when Roman troops engulfed the Egyptian city of Alexandria and threatened their capture.
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Location: River Berdan, Mersin Province, Turkey
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