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 Plutarch is the sole reliable and credible account of the actual person, Cleopatra. Plutarch uses literary devices peculiar to describing lives of ancient Greek and Roman Noblemen. The embellishment employed can be quickly deciphered, and the literal history can be derived. There exists no accurate online information regarding the article. More current accounts are tainted by sensationalism, revisionism, feminist bias, fictional elements, nonsensical interpretation of historical literature, absence of common sense, agenda-driven motivations, theoretical archaeology, online researching, cultural-driven motivation, knee-jerk emotionalism, arrogance, nothing-to-lose mentality, and ignorance.  

 I no longer contend against the juvenile insolence wikipedia is so famous for kindling in its writers. But so at least Truth be found somewhere, I'll put it here: Cleopatra was a skilled witch, so skilled that Antony feared to dine with her, without first having his food tested by a taster. She was perfectly capable of killing herself with toxins much more pleasant, effective and reliable than snake venom. It is unlikely she planned to kill herself, and was then coincidentally bitten by poisonous snake. The whole article looks like it was written by Homer Simpson.   (UTC