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Title
Cleopatra : a biography / Duane W. Roller.
Author
ISBN
9780199711000 (electronic bk.)
0199711003 (electronic bk.)
9780195365535 (hdbk.)
0195365534 (hdbk.)
6612500948 (ebk.)
9786612500947 (ebk.)
1282500945
9781282500945
0199711003 (electronic bk.)
9780195365535 (hdbk.)
0195365534 (hdbk.)
6612500948 (ebk.)
9786612500947 (ebk.)
1282500945
9781282500945
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (252 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers
9786612500947
Call Number
DT92.7
System Control No.
(OCoLC)550572519
Summary
Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous--yet more poorly understood--than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In the centuries since her death in 30 BC, she has been endlessly portrayed in the arts and popular culture, from Shakespearean tragedy to paintings, opera, and movies. Despite the queen's enduring celebrity, however, many have dismissed her as a mere seductress. In this major new biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the preservation of her dynasty and kingdom. Roller's authoritative ac.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Cleopatra's ancestry and background
The Ptolemaic heritage and the entanglement with Rome
Cleopatra's youth and education
Becoming queen (51-47 BC)
Consolidating the empire (47-40 BC)
The peak years (40-34 BC)
The operation of the kingdom
Royal administration
The royal building program
Isis and Dionysos
Foreign policy and the matter of Herod the Great
Scholarship and culture at the court of Cleopatra
Downfall (34-30 BC)
Outline of Cleopatra's life and career
Cleopatra's mother
Was Cleopatra a Roman citizen?
Some ancient literary descriptions of Cleopatra
Genealogy
The iconography of Cleopatra.
The Ptolemaic heritage and the entanglement with Rome
Cleopatra's youth and education
Becoming queen (51-47 BC)
Consolidating the empire (47-40 BC)
The peak years (40-34 BC)
The operation of the kingdom
Royal administration
The royal building program
Isis and Dionysos
Foreign policy and the matter of Herod the Great
Scholarship and culture at the court of Cleopatra
Downfall (34-30 BC)
Outline of Cleopatra's life and career
Cleopatra's mother
Was Cleopatra a Roman citizen?
Some ancient literary descriptions of Cleopatra
Genealogy
The iconography of Cleopatra.
Digital File Characteristics
text file
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Women in antiquity.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Roller, Duane W. Cleopatra. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
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