The greatest executricksters of all time

Used the considerable tools at her disposal to lead the most powerful men of her time around by their most vulnerable place, including Julius Caesar and, most unfortunately (for him), Marc Antony, whose reliance on her military counsel (among other things), led to his destruction.

Presented with the possibility of a dignified retirement in Rome as a defeated Queen, she chose a very public suicide by falling on her asp, and kept her standing and honor as a heavy hitter in her own right. The current batch of Wall Street CEOs, now disgraced in the sub-prime mess, could certainly learn from her example.