Caesar and Cleopatra: Fulminant exhibition in Speyer

Caesar and Cleopatra are considered the most famous lovers of antiquity. But was it really love? A brilliant exhibition in Speyer shows what is behind the myth.

The liaison between Caesar and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra is one of the great myths of antiquity. An exhibition and a biography are now looking for the reality behind the image of the aging general who fell into a clever Venus trap.

Caesar and Cleopatra are considered to be THE love couple of antiquity – the Egyptian queen and the Roman rulers. But was it just love or political calculus? The new exhibition "Caesar and Cleopatra" at the Historical Museum in Speyer wants to clean up myths.