Completar Frases CLEOPATRA'S SUICIDEVersión en línea Cleopatra commiting suicide after her defeat against Octavian forces. por Alfonso Poza 1 suicide Egypt emperor mausoleum Empire serpent executed lover pharaoh stabbed On August 10 , 30 B . C . Cleopatra , of Egypt and of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony , committed suicide following the defeat of her forces against Octavian , the future first of Rome . In the aftermath of the battle , Cleopatra took refuge in the she had commissioned for herself . Antony , informed that Cleopatra was dead , himself with his sword . Before he died , another messenger arrived , saying Cleopatra still lived . When Octavian arrived in Cleopatra tried to seduce him , but she failed . Then Cleopatra died by , possibly by means of an asp , a poisonous Egyptian and symbol of divine royalty . Octavian then her son Caesarion , annexed Egypt into the Roman .