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Cleopatra
30 BCE - Alexandria
Performance, ruin, and the politics of being seen.
The last pharaoh of Egypt watches her kingdom dissolve, and sets down what Rome will never understand about power.
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Alexandria, Egypt
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Alive in this timeline around 13 / story span 44 BCE-1564
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Cleopatra
30 BCE - Alexandria
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Performance, ruin, and the politics of being seen.
The last pharaoh of Egypt watches her kingdom dissolve, and sets down what Rome will never understand about power.
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