The roman historian dio cassius reported that cleopatra 's body was embalmed as antony 's had been , and plutarch noted that on the orders of octavian , the last queen of egypt was buried beside her defeated roman consort .
Consider the differences in attitudes , beliefs , and values as well as styles between authors who promote or profit from the republican form of government ( livy , cicero , julius caesar , agrippa in cassius dio ) and those who champion the imperial form ( horace , vergil , ovid , maecenas in cassius dio ) .