Cleopatra · Character
Canidius
Roman general loyal to Antony.
minor
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In IV: Of the Meeting of Charmion with the Learned Olympus; Of Her Speech with Him; Of the Coming of Olympus Into the Presence of Cleopatra; and of the Commands of Cleopatra: Mentioned as the general who brought news…
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- Egyptian loyalists and Romans
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See Canidius in vi of the workings of the learned olympus at memphis of the poisonings of cleopatra of the speech of antony to his captains and of the passing of isis from the land of khem