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Baby Egypt & Cleopatra When My Sister & My Nieces/nephew Picked Them Up From The Shelter.
Baby Egypt & Cleopatra When My Sister & My Nieces/nephew Picked Them Up From The Shelter.

Baby Egypt & Cleopatra when my sister & my nieces/nephew picked them up from the shelter.

[Fun fact: Egypt & Cleopatra we’re not originally our cats, they were my nieces & nephews, but when they brought them home, that is when our sister discovered that one of my nieces is allergic to cats. So she called us and asked if we wanted them so they wouldn’t have to go back to the shelter and we happily said “YES!!”☺️🖤🩶]


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what people think cleopatra dressed like:

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What Cleopatra actually dressed like:

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one of my favorite (read: least favorite) things about how people treat cleopatra is she’s so often called a slut or is only ever portrayed as being this incredibly sexy, often scantily-clad seductress, when in actuality 1. while some ancient sources describe her as somewhat pretty, it generally seems that what was attractive about her was her intellect, charm, and voice, and the sources that refer to her as extremely sexy/slutty are specifically out to condem her, 2. she was a brilliant politician who chose her affairs as a way of securing power for her country and not just so she could have a bunch of sex (which shouldn’t be an issue anyway), and 3. one of the men she had an affair with was mark antony, ancient roman super slut supreme, a man known for his love of sex and tendency to wear extremely short tunics for the sake of showing off his sexy legs/probably also his dick

i’m not saying there’s anything wrong with portraying cleopatra as beautiful or even sexy, because she clearly had allure. all i’m saying is that, if your cleopatra is wearing less clothing than your mark antony, there’s probably a problem in your depiction of them


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7 years ago

History wants so badly for Cleopatra to be beautiful. Like they can’t conceive of Rome being intimidated by anything less


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