The Life and Times Of Cleopatra: Queen of Egypt

by Weigall,Arthur E. P. Brome

• ISBN13: 9780710310019
• ISBN10: 0710310013
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-03-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This comprehensive treatment of Cleopatra and the political and social world in which she lived will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Cleopatra or in ancient Egypt. Laying bare the "injustice, the adverse partiality, of the attitude assumed by classical authors," the author offers the reader a new, more balanced look at the life of one of history's most important women. The book is divided into sections on Cleopatra and Caesar and Cleopatra and Antony and is supplemented by a number of maps and illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
Part I.---CLEOPATRA AND CAESAR
An Introductory Study of the Character of Cleopatra	3	(15)
The City of Alexandria	18	(23)
The Birth and Early Years of Cleopatra	41	(24)
The Death of Pompey and the Arrival of Caesar in Egypt	65	(17)
Caius Julius Caesar	82	(13)
Cleopatra and Caesar in the Besieged Palace at Alexandria	95	(19)
The Birth of Caesarion and Caesar's Departure from Egypt	114	(19)
Cleopatra and Caesar in Rome	133	(20)
The Foundations of the Egypto-Roman Monarchy	153	(25)
The Death of Caesar and the Return of Cleopatra to Egypt	178	(25)
Part II.---CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY
The Character of Antony and His Rise to Power	203	(21)
The Alliance between Cleopatra and Antony	224	(14)
Cleopatra and Antony in Alexandria	238	(16)
The Alliance Renewed between Cleopatra and Antony	254	(25)
The Preparations of Cleopatra and Antony for the Overthrow of Octavian	279	(24)
The Decline of Antony's Power	303	(21)
The Battle of Actium and the Flight to Egypt	324	(25)
Cleopatra's Attempt to Begin Again	349	(19)
Octavian's Invasion of Egypt and the Death of Antony	368	(18)
The Death of Cleopatra and the Triumph of Octavian	386