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Originally posted by brndksk
She's only famous because of Shakespeare... she was never that important or anything.
I think Queen Victoria. She ruled over a quarter of the world, after all.
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What?

She was the ruler of the most powerful state of it's time. People like Cicero had already mentioned her way before Shakespeare

In other words she was way iconic even before Shakespeare was conceived

Most people haven't even read Anthony and Cleopatra.