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I do find it hilarious that we associate sexiness with Cleopatra because of an intensive smear campaign.
I would like to know more please.
we will ruin your reputation by making you the greatest slay queen in human history...
Fr lol she's like a step down from the Greek and Roman goddesses in her reputation, if anything their attempt to smear her put her on a pedestal.
it's funny when one culture misogyny makes their insults fail.
She probably was legitimately attractive by Roman cultural norms and almost certainly leveraged that when dealing with Rome. The smear campaign was more playing that aspect up while downplaying the fact she was a genuine once-in-a-generation genius than making up things about how sexy she was.