1 There were several queens of Egypt by the name of Cleopatra, including the one who ruled in the days of Antony and Caesar. 2 She remains to this day the most fanscinating figure in Egyptian history. 3 History records that she was born in 69 B.c. and killed herself almost forty years later. 4 The story of how she killed herself is very easy to believe. 5 Reports say she killed herself with an asp, the Egyptian cobra-a symbol of Ehyptain royalty, so there could have been no better way for the queen to end her lift.