As part of the team presentation, the members of my group and I each read a chapter of Cleopatra by Ludwig. We were each responsible for summarizing our respective sections, and we created a collaboration of all the summaries, which was presented before the class.
             The section that will be further summarized is the final chapter of the book, the conclusion to Cleopatra's life. This final chapter depicts the final two years of Cleopatra's life and all the trials and tribulations that she endured. It deems her as a brave woman of her time with great instincts as she was about to face her final destiny.
             Since Cleopatra hesitated to take sides in the civil war following her beloved Caesar's death, Mark Antony summoned her to meet with him to explain her conduct.
             The Roman soon fell victim to her charms and returned with her to Egypt. After living with her for some time, Antony felt compelled to return to Rome, where he married Octavia, a sister of Octavian. In spite of being married to Octavia, when Antony went to the East in command of an expedition, he sent for Cleopatra. She joined him at the Antioch. After his defeat, she joined him in Syria with troops and supplies. Afterwards, followings a more successful campaign against the Parthians, he celebrated his triumph at Alexandria and he continued to reside in Egypt.
             Cleopatra, displaying her controlling ways, wanted Antony all to herself. Octavian then declared war on Cleopatra, and Antony in revenge, divorced Octavia. Against the counsel of Antony's advisers, Cleopatra insisted on taking part in the ensuing campaign.
             At the naval battle of Actium, believing Antony's defeat to be inevitable, she withdrew her fleet from Action and fled to Alexandria. On the approach of Octavian, Antony, deceived by a false report of the queen's death, fell by his own hand. Cleopatra
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