A cobra is typically 1. So how did Cleopatra die? Well, scientists are still deciding! Great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike! While you wait for it to be checked and approved why not to add a pre-selected message and a cool badge. It might have been a cobra that was different then the one we know today.
Like an unevolved one. Cleopatra killed herself because the Roman Empire wanted to attack Egypt and the only person in power was Cleo. So as myth told Cleopatra killed herself because she didnt want her in the hands of the Roman Empire. I read in a book that it was a cocktail of poison, so thats what I think happened to her.
I also read she was a wife of ceaser. So you know what i mean please tell more. Ask a parent or guardian to check it out first and remember to stay safe online. See all. Did Cleopatra really die from a snake bite? Probably not, according to scientists…. Octavian then made Egypt a Roman province, with himself as emperor; he later took the name Augustus.
But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Or did she? Image vs. Schaefer said he studied historic writings and consulted a toxicologist to develop the theory, which is due to be featured Wednesday on the German channel ZDF as part of a program on the Egyptian queen.
He also deduced that Cleopatra wouldn't have chosen to die by a snake bite because she was intent on suicide -- and a cobra, he said, is not always fatal. When a person does die from a cobra bite, he said, "it doesn't go quickly -- it is a horrible death," in which it takes hours to die and the victim suffers paralysis to parts of their body, including the eyes. Cleopatra died a "quiet and pain-free death," according to the Roman historian Cassius Dio, writing about years after she died, Schaefer said.
Ancient texts also say Cleopatra's two assistants died with her, but that would be unlikely if she had died of a snake bite, the historian said. Also, temperatures in August -- when Cleopatra committed suicide in 30 B. Ancient papyri show that Cleopatra knew about poisons, and one papyrus says she actually tested them, Schaefer said. Death by poison would make sense given the way in which Cleopatra wanted to die, and the fact that she died at the same time as her two handmaidens, he said.
Schaefer said he worked with German toxicologist Dietrich Mebs to determine which poisons Cleopatra might have used.
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