Cleopatra and Julius Caesar

Caesar was older and more experienced in all aspects of life than Cleopatra, but the two nevertheless had much in common. Both were ruthlessly ambitious and both were prepared to take prodigious risks to achieve their ambitions. Both had a knack for persuading ordinary people to love them, yet both were to a certain extent lonely and insecure. Caesar needed Egypt’s wealth, while Cleopatra needed Rome’s protection. So who seduced whom?