Cleopatra: Rome and Egypt

• Life and Character

• Cleopatra as Queen 3 notes
  • Cleopatra's Accession and the Ptolemaic Civil War
  • Territorial Expansion and Relationship with Subjects
  • Public Persona and the Cult of Isis

• Relationships with Caesar and Antony 3 notes
  • Rome and Egypt: Geopolitical and Economic Context
  • Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
  • Cleopatra and Mark Antony

• The Battle of Actium 3 notes
  • The Outbreak of War and Preparations for Actium
  • The Course and Interpretation of the Battle of Actium
  • The Fall of Antony and Cleopatra: Suicides and Aftermath

Appendix 5h Ancient Sources

• Plutarch
• Other Literary Sources
• Archaeological Sources