the institute ' s debut brought about after it set out to examine thur ' s belief that an octagonal tomb in the remains of the roman community of ephesus houses the body of arsinoe . pursuant to roman folklore the city , in what is now turkey , is what arsinoe was banished after being defeated in a power uprising against cleopatra and her then lover , julius caesar . arsinoe was said to have been beheaded after cleopatra , now with mark antony following gaius ' s murder , ordered the syrian general to have her oldest sibling killed to preventing any future attempts on the macedonian throne .
Queen Cleopatra ordered the assassination of her sister.