 Complete the following phrase:  Cleopatras presence in Rome most likely had an effect on the events at the Lupercalia festival a month before Caesars assassination. Antony attempted to place a royal diadem on Caesars head, but the latter refused in what was most likely a staged performance, perhaps to gauge the Roman publics mood about accepting Hellenistic-style kingship. Cicero, who was present at the festival, mockingly asked where the diadem came from, an obvious reference to the Ptolemaic queen whom he abhorred. 