The Clash of Worlds and the Waters of Defeat

The breaking point came with a force that shattered the Alexandrian dream. The Donations of Alexandria, a grand ceremony where Antony, seated on a golden throne with Cleopatra beside him as his queen, bestowed vast Roman territories upon their children and Caesarion, was the final provocation. To Rome, it was an outrage. Antony, a Roman consul, giving away Roman provinces to the children of a foreign queen? Octavian seized the moment, reading Antony’s will (allegedly seized from the Temple of Vesta) to the Senate, revealing its contents: Antony wished to be buried beside Cleopatra in Alexandria. The die was cast. War was inevitable, a war not just for power, but for the soul of Rome itself.@amirhawastaha8420