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Cleopatra didn’t die from a snake bite — she died from reading a bad scroll review of herself. Reputation was everything.

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Ancient sources say Cleopatra VII died in 30 BCE, and the traditional account of a snake bite comes from Roman writers such as Plutarch. How she died is uncertain, but a bad review played no part.

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