Cleopatra vs Elizabeth I: seduce the throne or shun it?

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CLEOPATRA vs ELIZABETH I go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

CLEOPATRA

I bound Caesar and Antony to Egypt itself; a throne is strongest when the mightiest men serve your bed and your treasury alike.

ELIZABETH I

I bound England to no man, and outlived every suitor and armada that came for her; I was married to my kingdom, and it never betrayed me.

CLEOPATRA

Yet your line ended with you, Virgin Queen. I gave Egypt heirs of Caesar's blood and made my dynasty rival Rome.

ELIZABETH I

Your heirs were paraded through Rome in chains, Cleopatra; my England sailed on for centuries, precisely because I refused to gamble a crown on love.

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