I read what I thought was a marginally fictional book about Cleopatra in high school, which turned out to be a historical romance, but I still carry a lot of those notions about her.Cleopatra kept it in the family, marrying her younger brother (Ptolemy XII) before moving on to Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.
I've always thought that "Antony and Cleopatra" is one of Shakespeare's most underrated plays.
She knew what was up.Queen Victoria used a tincture of marijuana to relieve period pains.