Among the numerous coins from the period of the Roman Republic, a special place is occupied by the silver denarius of Julius Caesar depicting an elephant crushing a snake or a dragon. The coin of 49 BC, at the time of the beginning of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, is one of the most recognizable examples of political propaganda.
One of the most famous romantic-political entanglements of antiquity is the one between the Roman general Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. Their relationship was at once a passionate romance and a cold political alliance. What was once love to them, to Rome often looked like a threat, and
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