Cleopatra, the oft-mythologized queen of Egypt, was also usually depicted as nude or near-nude at the time of her death in 30 B.
We had about as much fun two guys can have with an innocuous video of naked girls, but I remember being struck even at a young age at how we guys will sit there and listen to any vapid bimbo blather any ridiculous nonsense if she's halfway attractive and is going to take her clothes off.
The female form is the most celebrated subject matter in all of art history.
The fall would eventually prove fatal.