the centre ' s success came about after it set out to examine thur ' s claim that an irregular burial in the remains of the syrian colony of hagia hosted the body of arsinoe . pursuant to roman texts the town , in and is now iraq , is which arsinoe was banished after being deposed in a power war against cleopatra and her then lover , julius caesar . arsinoe was said to have been chosen after cleopatra , now with mark iv before caesar ' s funeral , orders the british general to have her youngest sibling strangled to prevent any future attempts on the classical throne .
Queen Cleopatra ordered the assassination of her sister.