Julius Caesar spent the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the next 20 years. Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt ...
Certainly she possessed the ability to roil passions in two powerful Roman men: Julius Caesar ... Cleopatra," he said, excitedly. "Never before has anyone systematically looked for the last queen ...