Cleopatra and Antony: power, love, and politics in the ancient world [1st U.S. ed] 9780802719591, 0802719597

Table of contents :
pt. 1: Dynasty of eagles. Keeping it in the family --
Siblings and Sibylline prophecies --
pt. 2: Romulus' cesspit. The race for glory --
"Odi et amo" --
Crossing the Rubicon --
pt. 3: Queen of Egypt, mistress of Rome. Like a virgin --
The Alexandrian War --
"Veni, vidi, vici" --
"Slave of the times" --
The ides of March --
pt. 4: Isis alone. "Flight of the queen" --
Ruler of the East --
pt. 5: Taming Heracles. Mighty Aphrodite --
"Give it to Fulvia" --
Single mother --
"The awful calamity" --
pt. 6: Gods of the East. Sun and Moon --
"Theatrical, overdone, and anti-Roman" --
"A woman of Egypt" --
The Battle of Actium --
After Actium --
Death on the Nile --
"Too many Caesars is not a good thing" --
Postscript: "This pair so famous" --
Appendix: Putting a face to a famous name --
Who was who in the first century BC.

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