Cleopatra: A portrait of a killer (part2/6)

Based on new and exclusive forensic evidence, this new one-off 60-minute special reveals a darker and more ruthless side to the Queen of Egypt, traditionally mythologised for her beauty, her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and, finally, her suicide.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Cleopatra:
• portrait
• of
• killer

[gothicash]

I like the narrator's accent! Its no cute! Thank you for uploading this history lover!

[alanth252]

I`m not convinced. Arsinoë was born circa. 68 or 67 BC. She would have been 20 or 19 years old at the time of the battle in Alexandria. If the bones are those of Arsinoë then either the historians have got their dates wrong, or the age of the bones at death (i.e 14 - 17) have been wrongly assessed by the bone "expert". There could be a little leeway in the actual age of Arsinoe, and also of the age of the bones at death, but I think the limits of such leeways have been exceeded.

[loveshistory012]

I find it rather pointless to have a special on something that was obvious. Cleopatra was a politician and strategist. Like all pharaohs or rulers the ends justify the means. Last of all Cleopatra was Caesar's equal not his seductress. If anything her charisma was her best weapon.

[adoptedbyapopmachine]

@waynec6504 lol

[adoptedbyapopmachine]

@alanth252 I think I'll take my chances believing in actual experts,instead of random anonymous youtube user.

[ThaliaRomo]

These videos are ridiculously biased against Cleopatra. I personally admire Cleo, she was much too smart to not be.

[phantomf41]

@gothicash He's turkish. Turkish accent is music to my ears.

[waynec6504]

Cleopatra was a ruthless women, slept with 2 powerful men to get what she wanted - pussy rules the world - the pussy has the power.

[nameYUnoavailable]

The legend of her rolling herself up in a carpet to smuggle herself into the palace has already been debunked. They say it would have been to suffocating and to hot for her to survive.

[fannyfae]

The entire Ptolemaic dynasty were a murderous lot! Cleopatra was nothing compared to some of her forebearers who murdered each other - one of which would send bits and pieces of the relative they collectively murdered on their birthday to remind them of their bloody alliance.