This is the Story of What Happened to the Real Cleopatra

In 32 BCE, Rome formally declared war on Cleopatra rather than Antony. This allowed Octavian to present the coming struggle as a defense against a foreign ruler instead of another Roman civil war.

Antony still stood beside her, but politically he had been pushed into the background. Cleopatra was now the public face of the enemy, and both sides began gathering ships, soldiers, and supplies. Their future would soon be decided at sea.