This is a famous love story over 2000 years old. Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, and the Roman general Mark Antony, met and fell in love in 41 BC. They got married and had children, and briefly united Egypt and Rome. However, not all of Rome favoured Antony, and he soon lost support from home. The Roman army invaded Egypt and defeated their army. After the battle, Antony stabbed himself with his sword, because he believed that Cleopatra was dead. In fact, Cleopatra was still alive and he eventually died in her arms. Cleopatra killed herself soon after by encouraging a poisonous snake to bite her..