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Republic to Empire Timeline 9
Aetas Unus
After being defeated, Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves, leaving no opposition to Octavian’s rise to emperor. “Desperatis rebus, cum omnes ad Augustum transirent, [Antonius] ipse se interemit. Cleopatra sibi aspidem admisit et veneno eius exstincta est.”
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