Cleopatra, if we are being honest, seems like she was one of the popular cheerleaders that only dates the football players of the Roman Empire. When Caesar went to her for an alliance, she ended up having his son, Caesarion. Their relationship was doomed when Caesar was killed. After Marc Antony created an alliance with her, she had his twins, Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios. Many sources from that time period, Caesar included, thought that she was very intelligent, so may there have been another reason for these open displays of affection? Would a man even think about breaking an alliance between him and the mother of one or two of his children? Maybe she did have feelings for both of them, but she also cemented their countries as allies. She may have been a little looser than people would have expected, but she had a good idea, and acted on it. This woman knew what she wanted, and how to get it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_VII#
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