Cleopatra : a biography /

Cleopatra : a biography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Roller, Duane W.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (252 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Women in antiquity Women in antiquity.
Subject:	Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C. Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C Queens -- Egypt -- Biography. Kings and rulers. Queens. Egypt -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. Egypt. Electronic book. History. Biographies. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11199234

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ISBN:	9780199711000 0199711003 9780195365535 0195365534 6612500948 9786612500947 1282500945 9781282500945
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Roller, Duane W. Cleopatra. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780195365535
Standard no.:	9786612500947

Table of Contents:

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.