Cleopatra : a biography
Book |
Oxford University Press,
Oxford ;
c2010.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonthill | 932.021092 Cleop-R | Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
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- ISBN: 9780195365535 (hc) :
- Physical Description: 252 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.print
- Publisher: Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, c2010.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: 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.