Romeo and Juliet

I'm studying Egyptian art in my Art History class right now so the story of Anthony and Cleopatra was of great interest to me. Egypt was a country extremely isolated by desert and water so it went a long time without much influence. For instance, Egyptian art didn't change in 3,000 years. That's amazing. Think of how much American art has changed just in the last 100 years. So I find it interesting that one small thing like a relationship their Pharaoh had with a Roman man would bring it all crashing down. What really freaked people out in Rome was when Anthony was going to name his children with Cleopatra heirs to Rome. She must have been quite the woman to have Anthony and Caesar all enthralled by her. So they run away together but commit suicide separately... I wonder why they didn't just keep running and run off together? The world kept going for all they knew. It wasn't as small as it seems today and a lot easier to hide in. And I wonder why they committed suicide separately? It's all very Romeo and Juliet and tragic but romantic.