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Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old.According to popular belief, Cleopatra killed herself by allowing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her, but according to the Roman-era writers Strabo, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio, Cleopatra poisoned herself using either a toxic ointment or by introducing the poison ...
European asp, Vipera aspis "Asp" is the modern anglicisation of the word "aspis", which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. [1] The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means "viper". [2] It is believed that aspis referred to what is now known as the Egyptian cobra. [3]
Historians speculate that Cleopatra killed herself with a bite from a poisonous serpent, called an Asp. On August 30, 30 B.C., the ruthless seductress of Egypt was gone.
The snake which supposedly killed the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra is named by Velleius Paterculus as an asp, and by Martial as a viper. Virgil mentions two snakes but does not name their species, while Plutarch mentions twin prick marks on her arm but does not state that these were toothmarks, so they could also have been from a poisoned hair pin.
Cleopatra, Iras, and Charmion: August 30 BC Although there exist several accounts of how the 39-year-old last queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom died, the most widespread one is that she killed herself with an asp (a viper), alongside two of her handmaidens. [6] [45] Tiberius Claudius Drusus: c. 20 AD
Synonyms [3] [Coluber] vipera Linnaeus, 1758Aspis Cleopatrae Laurenti, 1768; Vipera Aegyptia Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801; Vipera aegyptiaca Daudin, 1803; Aspis Cleopatra — Gray, 1842
Snakes like this Western rat snake are often killed, accidentally or intentionally, on roads. Cultural attitudes to reptiles include a widespread fear, sometimes extending to phobia , especially of snakes; [ 2 ] Carl Sagan suggested that the fear may be ancestral, [ 85 ] [ 2 ] and it is indeed shared by other primates . [ 2 ]
Cleopatra is believed to have committed suicide by letting a venomous snake bite her. "Here thou art, then!" [11]: 36–37 ("Τόσο εδώ!") — Cleopatra, pharaoh of Egypt (12 August 30 BCE), right before she reportedly committed suicide by letting an asp bite her "Extremely well, and as became the descendant of so many kings." [15]: 106