9780199829965-0199829969-Cleopatra: A Biography (Women in Antiquity)

Cleopatra: A Biography (Women in Antiquity)

ISBN-13: 9780199829965
ISBN-10: 0199829969
Edition: Reprint
Author: Duane W. Roller
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 272 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780199829965
ISBN-10: 0199829969
Edition: Reprint
Author: Duane W. Roller
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 272 pages

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Cleopatra: A Biography (Women in Antiquity) (ISBN-13: 9780199829965 and ISBN-10: 0199829969), written by authors Duane W. Roller, was published by Oxford University Press in 2011. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Women (Specific Groups, Middle East, Historical, Royalty, Leaders & Notable People, Egypt, Ancient Civilizations History, Women in History, World History, Women's Studies, Cultural & Regional) books. You can easily purchase or rent Cleopatra: A Biography (Women in Antiquity) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Women books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.66.

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Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous-yet more poorly understood-than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the preservation of her dynasty and kingdom.

Roller's authoritative account is the first to be based solely on primary materials from the Greco-Roman period: literary sources, Egyptian documents (Cleopatra's own writings), and representations in art and coinage produced while she was alive. His compelling portrait of the queen illuminates her prowess as a royal administrator who managed a large and diverse kingdom extending from Asia Minor to the interior of Egypt, as a naval commander who led her own fleet in battle, and as a scholar and supporter of the arts. Even her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius-the source of her reputation as a supreme seductress who drove men to their doom-were carefully crafted state policies: she chose these partners to insure the procreation of successors who would be worthy of her distinguished dynasty. That Cleopatra ultimately lost to her Roman opponents, Roller contends, in no way diminishes her abilities.

"Roller tells his tale smoothly and accessibly. . ..The resulting portrait is that of a complex, many-sided figure, a potent Hellenistic ruler who could move the tillers of power as skillfully as any man, and one far and nobly removed from the 'constructed icon' of popular imagination."
-The New York Times Book Review

"A rich account of late Ptolemaic culture.

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