This Egyptian queen didn't make an asp of herself, but she did use an asp snake to kill herself in 30 B.C.
[DOC] [TLE] Cleopatra (c.-69 - -30) - Genealogy - Geni [PAR] May 2, 2016 ... 69 - -30) family tree on Geni, with over 160 million profiles of ... Egyptian law did 
not allow a queen to rule without a king, ... Octavian was the adopted son of 
Julius Caesar, but Mark Antony was .... Cleopatra followed suit, according to 
tradition killing herself by means of an asp bite on August 12, 30 BC.