Cleopatra was literally Greek
Her lineage was of Macedonian Greek, historically described to have light brown or olive colored skin. The Greece of her time is not the Greece we know today and ethics groups, borders and migration pattern would agree with me.
Either ways she would never been pasty white like we see here. I'm simply pointing how crazy it is that in 2026, manhwa authors STILL hold onto that orientalist and colorist mindset when dealing with any ethnicity or country outside of their own. Like have some more creativity.
Lmao you selectively chose information: Cleopatra VII was likely of Greek/Macedonian descent with a light or olive complexion, rather than Black African. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was white-skinned or fair-skinned with Hellenistic features. There is no contemporary evidence to support a dark-skinned depiction.
and making the only darkskinned character a slave...
Nice, you demonstrated your ability to copy paste from ChatGPT.
While its historical accurate of ancient Egypt, it’s so easy to see these authors fetishized/romanticize it even more BECAUSE the majority of slaves are African/Arab
Leave cleaptra out of this for one moment please ...the moment ppl call out this bullshit hall PULL the CLEOPATRA card
Manhwa authors making their characters look like they belong in their environment (brown ppl) level: impossible