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Cleopatra : a biography / Duane W. Roller.

By: Roller, Duane W
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.Description: xi, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780195365535Subject(s): Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C | Queens -- Egypt -- Biography | Egypt -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.CDDC classification: 932/.021092 | B
Contents:
Cleopatra's ancestry and background -- The Ptolemaic heritage and the involvement 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 -- Scholarship and culture at the court of Cleopatra -- Downfall (34-30 BC) -- Outline of Cleopatra's life and career -- Genealogy of the later Ptolemies -- Cleopatra's mother -- Was Cleopatra a Roman citizen? -- Some ancient literary descriptions of Cleopatra -- The iconography of Cleopatra VII.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Shelves JA1A.ROL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000205677
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cleopatra's ancestry and background -- The Ptolemaic heritage and the involvement 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 -- Scholarship and culture at the court of Cleopatra -- Downfall (34-30 BC) -- Outline of Cleopatra's life and career -- Genealogy of the later Ptolemies -- Cleopatra's mother -- Was Cleopatra a Roman citizen? -- Some ancient literary descriptions of Cleopatra -- The iconography of Cleopatra VII.

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