While there is no history of suicide within Cleopatra’s family , there was a great deal of violence and murder. ( Public domain )Testing Cleopatra's Death Story: A Gedanken Thought ExperimentA Gedanken study is an influential thought experiment method renowned for its capacity to probe the plausibility of a hypothesis and it has been employed extensively to investigate the veracity of the events surrounding Cleopatra's death. A piece of information that tends to make some individuals think that Cleopatra’s death was caused by suicide can be found in the Temple File. Historians continue to debate the circumstances around Cleopatra’s death, but it remains shrouded in uncertainty. Top image: Cleopatra’s Death as depicted in a painting entitled ‘The Death of Cleopatra’ by Jean-André Rixens.

Source: National Post May 28, 2023 22:09 UTC