Cleopatra's Egypt
Author : Robert Steven Bianchi
Publisher :
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 24,50 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Egypt
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Author : Robert Steven Bianchi
Publisher :
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 24,50 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Egypt
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Author : Joyce Tyldesley
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 39,43 MB
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1847650449
She was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for three centuries. Highly educated (she was the only one of the Ptolemies to read and speak ancient Egyptian as well as the court Greek) and very clever (her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony were as much to do with politics as the heart), she steered her kingdom through impossibly taxing internal problems and railed against greedy Roman imperialism. Stripping away preconceptions as old as her Roman enemies, Joyce Tyldesley uses all her skills as an Egyptologist to give us this magnificent biography.
Author : Michel Chauveau
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780801485763
Few other civilizations rival Ancient Egypt in its power to capture the modern imagination, and Cleopatra VII, monarch at the end of the Ptolemaic period, has always been preeminent among its cast of characters. Coming to power just before the unstable state was about to be absorbed into an autocratic empire, Cleopatra oversaw not only Egypt's progress as an influential regional power but also the fragile peace of its ethnically mixed population.Michel Chauveau looks at many facets of life under this queen and her dynasty, drawing on such sources as firsthand accounts, numismatics, and Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. His use of such sources helps to free the narrative of dependence on later (and usually hostile) Greek and Roman historians. By taking up such subjects as funeral customs, language and writing, social class structure, religion, and administration, he affords the reader an unprecedented and comprehensive picture of Greek and Egyptian life in both the cities and the countryside.Originally published in French in 1997, Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra fulfills a long-standing need for an accessible introduction to the social, economic, religious, military, and cultural history of Ptolemaic Egypt.
Author : Sally-Ann Ashton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 26,41 MB
Release : 2009-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1444301519
This beautifully illustrated new biography of Cleopatra draws on literary, archaeological, and art historical evidence to paint an intimate and compelling portrait of the most famous Queen of Egypt. Deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth Examines Greek, Roman, and Egyptian representations of Cleopatra Considers how she was viewed by her contemporaries and how she presented herself Incorporates the author’s recent field work at a temple of Cleopatra in Alexandria Beautifully illustrated with over 40 images
Author : Richard Worth
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766025592
Charming, intelligent, and the ruler of Egypt at the age of eighteen, these qualities and more have contributed to Cleopatra's reign as a fascinating historical figure. Often caught between the wishes of her people and her need to keep Rome as an ally, she struggled to keep Egypt powerful and independent. Author Richard Worth combs the pages of history to offer insight into Cleopatra's life. From the civil war with her brother Ptolemy XIV and her romances with two of Rome's strongest leaders to the disastrous Battle of Actium and Cleopatra's last, desperate decision as queen, this book reveals the saga of this great ruler.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 1891
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Author : Janeen R. Adil
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 27,3 MB
Release : 2008-09
Category : Queens
ISBN : 1429619368
"Describes the life of Cleopatra, including her rise to power and death"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 11,20 MB
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1118040457
A powerful tale of war, romance, and one of history's most desperate gambles Julius Caesar was nothing if not bold. When, in the wake of his defeat of Pompey at Pharsalus his victorious legions refused to march another step under his command, he pursued his fleeing rival into Egypt with an impossibly small force of Gallic and German cavalry, raw Italian recruits, and nine hundred Spanish prisoners of war-tough veterans of Pompey's Sixth Legion. Cleopatra's Kidnappers tells the epic saga of Caesar's adventures in Egypt through the eyes of these captured, but never defeated, legionaries. In this third volume in his definitive history of the Roman legions, Stephen Dando-Collins reveals how this tiny band of fierce warriors led Caesar's little army to great victories against impossible odds. Bristling with action and packed with insights and newly revealed facts, this eye-opening account introduces you to the extraordinary men who made possible Caesar's famous boast, "I came, I saw, I conquered." Praise for Caesar's Legion "A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X. . . . More than a mere unit account, it incorporates the history of Rome and the Roman army at the height of their power and gory glory. Many military historians consider Caesar's legions the world's most efficient infantry before the arrival of gunpowder. This book shows why. Written in readable, popular style, Caesar's Legion is a must for military buffs and anyone interested in Roman history at a critical point in European civilization." -T. R. Fehrenbach author of This Kind of War, Lone Star, and Comanches
Author : Julia Samson
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Queens
ISBN : 9780760728376
Author : Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 33,98 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Egypt
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