Cleopatra and Antony- Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World

314 Pages·2016·1.52 MB·English

by  Preston Diana

CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY
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CLEOPATRA
AND
ANTONY
Power, Love, and Politics
in the Ancient World
DIANA PRESTON
Copyright © 2009 by Preston Writing Partnership
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First published in somewhat different form in the United Kingdom in 2008 by Transworld Publishers
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In memory of Henry and Lily
CONTENTS
Map
Prologue
I. Dynasty of Eagles
1. Keeping It in the Family
2. Siblings and Sibylline Prophecies
II. Romulus’ Cesspit
3. The Race for Glory
4. “Odi et Amo”
5. Crossing the Rubicon
III. Queen of Egypt, Mistress of Rome
6. Like a Virgin
7. The Alexandrian War
8. “Veni, Vidi, Vici”
9. “Slave of the Times”
10. The Ides of March
IV. Isis Alone
11. “Flight of the Queen”
12. Ruler of the East
V. Taming Heracles
13. Mighty Aphrodite
14. “Give It to Fulvia”
15. Single Mother
16. “The Awful Calamity”
VI. Gods of the East
17. Sun and Moon
18. “Theatrical, Overdone and Anti-Roman”
19. “A Woman of Egypt”
20. The Battle of Actium
21. After Actium
22. Death on the Nile
23. “Too Many Caesars Is Not a Good Thing”
Postscript: “This Pair So Famous”
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Putting a Face to a Famous Name
Notes and Sources
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Who Was Who in the First Century BC