Chapter 630: Anthony's Mausoleum

After continuous debugging, the emperor system in Tang Zhaozong's mind finally worked again, he found the exact burial address of Cleopatra and Antony, and he excavated Cleopatra's tomb.

In that tomb, Caesar's subordinate Antony, who tried to inherit Caesar's power, was finally killed by Octavian in a clown-like pose.

After the Tufu opened Cleopatra's tomb, they couldn't help but sigh at the luxury of Antony and Cleopatra's tomb.

It seems that Octavian, a hypocrite, did not make less effort in order to make the people of the Roman Empire grateful to him, and even did not treat his enemies well.

One = They avenged Caesar together, and pointed the finger at Brutus and Cassius, and public opinion gradually rose and fell, all advocating revenge for Caesar, so the two killed the enemy together and avenged Caesar!

At this time, Octavian was still young, did not have a large army, and did not have any political rights, but Octavian was smarter, at least more politically savvy than Mark Antony, relying on the prestige and property of his adoptive father Caesar, and gradually gained status, the Senate recognized Octavian's political ability very much, and wanted to use him to deal with Antony, but he was used by Octavian, and cooperated with the Senate before him to make him consul.

So after purging the political hostile forces, Octavian began to continue to expand his strength, Octavian's prestige in the army became higher and higher, and finally abolished Lepida's military power, forming the political power of Mark Antony and Octavian, and finally among the two powers, Mark Antony was defeated and the power fell into the hands of Octavian.

Antony was a famous figure in the ancient Roman period, had close ties with Julius Caesar, and was a loyal follower of Julius Caesar. In terms of relationship with Caesar, Antony and Caesar are still related.

Antonic's early life was very unfortunate, he lost his father at an early age, leaving behind two brothers, and his mother remarried after his father's death, marrying the politician Letunas Surrey, and finally executed in the Gatirin conspiracy. As a teenager, Anthony not only lacked father's love, but also lacked his father's guidance in discipline, so he lived a debauched life with his two brothers all day long, and also owed a huge gambling debt. Later, he went to Greece to learn knowledge, joined the cavalry of the Roman legion, became an excellent cavalry commander, was praised by everyone, and visited Egypt and other countries.

Antony's glory period in ancient Rome was in 54 BC, when he was appointed by Caesar to the position of treasurer, and since then he has been following Caesar, participating in the civil wars of Caesar and Pompey, especially in the Battle of Fasaro. After Caesar's assassination, Octavian, Caesar's adopted son, sought revenge on his enemies.

The most shocking thing about Antony in ancient Rome was with Cleopatra, which also became a stain on his life as a Roman, and many people used this incident to show Antony's treason. Cleopatra's glamorous appearance is a curse in the eyes of people, and it is Antony's lust. In fact, back to the political situation at the time, if you were someone else, in the face of Octavian's struggle for power, only by attracting more support could you win, marrying Cleopatra was also an expedient move, in the political struggle, marriage was the best way to solve the problem, in order to win the power more chances, but in the end he died under the persecution of Ottavian.

Caesarion, the son of Cleopatra VII and Caesar, and Alexander, the eldest son of her and Antony, were executed by Octavian's orders. With the death of Cleopatra VII, the 300-year-long Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt came to an end, and Egypt was annexed to Rome as the private property of the Führer.

According to research, there are many doubts about the death of Cleopatra.

Historically, the story of Cleopatra's suicide with a poisonous snake is all from the narrative of the Greek biographer Plutarch. Although it is a tragic story that has brought tears to the eyes of many posterity, its veracity is now widely questioned by jurists and criminal experts.

Pat Brown said there was a lot of evidence that Cleopatra's death was suspicious, and that she probably died in an orchestrated murder. Historical facts show that the most suspicious person was Octavian, who later became Augustus the Great. The jurists' suspicions of Octavian were supported by a historical fact, and he later killed Caesarion, the illegitimate son of Cleopatra and Caesar. Octavian had a murderous motive.

According to Pat Brown, "There has never been a tradition of maids accompanying their masters to commit suicide in Egypt, so why did the two maids, Hellas and Chamien, not knock on the door and call for help from the guards during or immediately after Cleopatra's suicide attempt, but chose to die together?" The answer is very simple: Octavian got rid of all eyewitnesses. ”

The first suspicion raised by experts is that Cleopatra's account of suicide with a poisonous snake was first found in the famous biographies of the Greek philosopher Plutarch in the first century AD. The problem is that Plutarch was born 75 years after Cleopatra's death, and his narrative is full of contradictions, mistakes, and impossible coincidences.

The second major suspicion of Cleopatra's death is that Cleopatra sent a suicide letter to Octavian before committing suicide. "This is clearly not in line with the character of a suicidal person. A person who is determined to commit suicide will never send someone a warning suicide note so that he can run to save him. ”

The third suspicion is that if Cleopatra had been poisoned by a snake and died, then she died too quickly. According to historical records, Cleopatra used an Egyptian cobra to commit suicide, and in experimental data, the fastest death from a cobra bite is two hours; Although medical history also records some deaths within 20 minutes of being poisoned by a cobra, Octavian's guards were ordered to rush to Cleopatra's quarters, only a few minutes before she sent a message, but by the time the guards arrived at the scene, Cleopatra had already died.

The fourth major suspicion raised by jurists is that the deaths of Cleopatra's two maids are unconscionable. David Warger, professor of tropical medicine and infectious diseases at the University of Oxford in the UK, said: "There's a misconception here that not every time a venomous snake bites a person, it releases venom. If three people are bitten by a venomous snake together, the probability will be even lower. ”

Blaise Pascal once said, "If Cleopatra's nose were an inch longer or an inch shorter, perhaps the world would have changed", and the ancient Roman coins reflect this fact, and the coins in Cleopatra are not only not beautiful, but also ugly; Cleopatra was able to seduce Julius Caesar and Antony because they were attracted to Cleopatra's intelligence.

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