Antony, Octavian, Cleopatr The End Of The Republic

There are countless books, movies, etc. that are based off of true stories or events. Some throw in additional false events to add to the storyline of the story. One example of this is a novel, Cleopatra's Daughter written by Michelle Moran. This book takes place in Ancient Egypt and Rome from 30-25 B.C. The article "Antony, Octavian, Cleopatra: The End of the Republic" by Mc Manus explains the actual events that occurred during the time that the novel took place in. Comparing the events from the article of the book, we can find that that they both contain similarities. Due to the amount of similarities in both texts, there are very few differences. After reading the historical fiction novel and the nonfiction article, there are many similarities, but few differences between the two texts. …show more content…
The only difference takes place in 30 B.C., which is in the beginning of the book. In the book, Marc Antony and Cleopatra die on the same day, while the article states that Cleopatra died a week after Marc Antony. "It is definite that she (Cleopatra) lived for some time after Antony's death" (Manus, 2). Although there are many similarities between the texts, only the two most important similarities will be explained. The first similarity is how Antony and Cleopatra both died from suicide. The second and last thing that the two texts have in common is how Octavian, the leader of Rome, handed over his power to the Senate. The Senate would later offer him more power if he became their leader again. Octavian would later be crowned Emperor and gain the name "Augustus". These are the similarities and differences between the book and the