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Difficult Women: Cleopatra, part two

In which Mark Antony's thighs cost lives

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Ann Foster
Sep 19, 2024
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Previously in Difficult Women: Cleopatra: Cleopatra survived a childhood of everyone murdering everyone, entered a situationship with Julius Caesar, had a baby, and was just getting started.

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra with Richard Burton as Mark Antony in the 1963 film Cleopatra

Given that Julius Caesar had been assassinated partly for wanting to begin…

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