Cleopatra and Antony : power, love, and politics in the ancient world
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- ISBN: 9780802717382
- ISBN: 0802717381
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viii, 333 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map - Edition 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher New York : Walker Pub., 2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-318) and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 32.50 |
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Cleopatra and Antony : Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World
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Table of Contents
Cleopatra and Antony : Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Map | p. x | |
Prologue | p. 1 | |
I | Dynasty of Eagles | p. 9 |
1 | Keeping It in the Family | p. 11 |
2 | Siblings and Sibylline Prophecies | p. 20 |
II | Romulus' Cesspit | p. 31 |
3 | The Race for Glory | p. 33 |
4 | "Odi et Amo" | p. 44 |
5 | Crossing the Rubicon | p. 55 |
III | Queen of Egypt, Mistress of Rome | p. 63 |
6 | Like a Virgin | p. 65 |
7 | The Alexandrian War | p. 80 |
8 | "Veni, Vidi, Vici" | p. 92 |
9 | "Slave of the Times" | p. 101 |
10 | The Ides of March | p. 110 |
IV | Isis Alone | p. 119 |
11 | "Flight of the Queen" | p. 121 |
12 | Ruler of the East | p. 139 |
V | Taming Heracles | p. 155 |
13 | Mighty Aphrodite | p. 157 |
14 | "Give It to Fulvia" | p. 166 |
15 | Single Mother | p. 180 |
16 | "The Awful Calamity" | p. 189 |
VI | Gods of the East | p. 201 |
17 | Sun and Moon | p. 203 |
18 | "Theatrical, Overdone and Anti-Roman" | p. 216 |
19 | "A Woman of Egypt" | p. 229 |
20 | The Battle of Actium | p. 243 |
21 | After Actium | p. 256 |
22 | Death on the Nile | p. 267 |
23 | "Too Many Caesars Is Not a Good Thing" | p. 278 |
Postscript: "This Pair So Famous" | p. 288 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 295 | |
Appendix: Putting a Face to a Famous Name | p. 297 | |
Notes and Sources | p. 301 | |
Bibliography | p. 315 | |
Picture Credits | p. 319 | |
Who Was Who in the First Century BC | p. 321 | |
Index | p. 325 |