Cleopatra VII has a hold in the imagination that has continued for millennia. Here she is imagined in the moments prior to her suicide. In this act, Cleopatra defied Rome and ensured Augustus would not parade a pharaoh in his triumph…

🎨 Attributed to Jacopino del Conte ~ 1525–50
🏛 Galleria Borghese

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This is basically a recreation of a photo I took maybe six or seven years ago. As fortune would have it, I’m even wearing basically the same outfit 😅 Augustus remains unchanged.

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