Caesar and Cleopatra visit the Tomb of Alexander the Great

It is evident from references in the ancient literature that the tomb of Alexander in Alexandria ranked high among the most famous sights of antiquity. Accounts of visits by Julius Caesar, Octavian, Septimius Severus and Caracalla have survived, whilst Antony and Cleopatra, Germanicus and Caligula, Vespasian and Titus and Hadrian and Antinous must all have seen it. *scene from the classic movie on Cleopatra where Caesar and Cleopatra discuss the legacy and mantle of Alexander the Great. The Hellenistic Age begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends in 30 BC, with the death of Cleopatra. It is the year 69 before Christ. Gaius Julius Caesar, now more than thirty, is located in Cadiz, the ancient Gades of Punic origin. Here, one step away from the famous Gates, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean, the Roman
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