Egypt
Washington Times (Review by Gary Anderson)
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Josiah Osgood) Duane W. Roller, Cleopatra: A Biography. Women in Antiquity. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Cleopatra is a familiar name today for one reason above all: Shakespeare. But so memorable...
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- Book Review: Antony And Cleopatra
The National Interest Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010) CLEOPATRA VII—“the Female Horus,” “the Great One,” “the Mistress of Perfection,” “the New Isis,” “Father-Loving Goddess”...
- Book Review: Cleopatra And Antony
Washington Post (By Jonathan Yardley) Cleopatra and Antony - Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World By Diana Preston Walker and Company More than two millennia after it took place, the story of Cleopatra has lost none of its grip on the world's...
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Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley, Profile Books Ltd.The Telegraph, UK (Review by Helen Brown) If the Emperor Augustus had been able to see into the future, and had a flick through The Daily Telegraph on February 15, 2007, he'd have been delighted...
Egypt
Book Review: Antony and Cleopatra
Washington Times (Review by Gary Anderson)
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
By Adrian Goldsworthy
Yale University Press, $35, 480 pages
Antony and Cleopatra, the names conjure up a variety of images that include Roman military might, eastern decadence and a pair of tragic star-crossed lovers.
Some of that is actually accurate, but much of it is romanticized fiction. In his latest study of the Roman world, Adrian Goldsworthy takes on the task of separating truth from fiction, and he does a good job of it.
For those not familiar with the background story, the entire book revolves around the lead-up to the assassination of Julius Caesar and the ensuing struggle for his legacy. Marc Antony was one of Caesar's most trusted lieutenants. Octavian Caesar was his nephew, adopted son and heir. Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, was Caesar's mistress and bore him a son. All three started as allies in the struggle to avenge Caesar's death and to wrest what was becoming the Roman Empire out of the hands of his killers.
Predictably, once this was accomplished, the victors fought over the spoils.
- Book Review: Cleopatra: A Biography
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Josiah Osgood) Duane W. Roller, Cleopatra: A Biography. Women in Antiquity. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Cleopatra is a familiar name today for one reason above all: Shakespeare. But so memorable...
- Exhibition: Where's Cleo?
Archeaology Magazine (Mark Rose) Cleopatra’s reputation as a seducer of emperors—Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian (later Caesar Augustus)—and her suicide by snake bite have made her one of the ancient world’s most intriguing characters....
- Book Review: Antony And Cleopatra
The National Interest Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010) CLEOPATRA VII—“the Female Horus,” “the Great One,” “the Mistress of Perfection,” “the New Isis,” “Father-Loving Goddess”...
- Book Review: Cleopatra And Antony
Washington Post (By Jonathan Yardley) Cleopatra and Antony - Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World By Diana Preston Walker and Company More than two millennia after it took place, the story of Cleopatra has lost none of its grip on the world's...
- Book Reviews: Last Queen Of Egypt
Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley, Profile Books Ltd.The Telegraph, UK (Review by Helen Brown) If the Emperor Augustus had been able to see into the future, and had a flick through The Daily Telegraph on February 15, 2007, he'd have been delighted...