Jacob Abbott was a well-known 19th century historian who wrote biographies on various leaders and famous individuals, including this one about the last Egyptian pharaoh, Cleopatra. During one of the most turbulent periods in the history of Rome, men like Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian participated in two civil wars that would spell the end of the Roman Republic and determine who would become the Roman emperor. In the middle of it all was...