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The Greatest
Love StoryEverTold
by
Ronald D. Kelly
The one most important attribute of a successful marriage ,
has escaped millions. This story illustrates how that
important facet can be in your marriage.
M
OST
of us are roman–
tics at heart. We all
enjoy a good love sto–
ry. But have you ever stopped
to ask what is the greatest
love story of all time?
Perhaps you think of the clas–
sical love story of Antony and
C leopatra in the glorious days of
the beginning of the Roman
Empire.
Cleopatra had become queen of
Egypt at age 17. But she was soon
deposed of all authority and ban–
ished. When Julius Caesar ob–
tained victory over the Ptolemies,
he placed Cleopatra back on the ....
throne and took her to Rome as his
mistress. AIJ the empire seemed to
lie at her feet.
But after the assassination of
Caesar, she fled back to Egypt.
Allying herself with Mark Antony,
she then became his mist ress. The
Roman triumvirate soon was domi–
nated by Octavius who was to
become Augustus Caesar. In 31
B.C. Augustus defeated Antony in
the battle of Actium-establishing
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himself as the first great emperor
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of a kingdom that would last almost
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500 years.
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Under pretext of granting Cleo-
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patra power in Egypt, Augustus
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persuaded her to assassinate Anto-
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ny. Believing the love Cleopatra .,
had for him was genuine, Antony
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