The Life and Times of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt

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Author

Weigall, Arthur E. P. Brome (Arthur Edward Pearse Brome), 1880-1934

Title

The life and times of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt : a study in the origin of the Roman Empire

Credits

Produced by David Garcia, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54038

Release Date

January 22, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Life and Times of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.PART I. CLEOPATRA AND CÆSAR
7. 7.CHAPTER I. AN INTRODUCTORY STUDY OF THE CHARACTER OF CLEOPATRA.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. THE BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS OF CLEOPATRA.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. THE DEATH OF POMPEY AND THE ARRIVAL OF CÆSAR IN EGYPT.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. CAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. CLEOPATRA AND CÆSAR IN THE BESIEGED PALACE AT ALEXANDRIA.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. THE BIRTH OF CÆSARION AND CÆSAR’S DEPARTURE FROM EGYPT.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. CLEOPATRA AND CÆSAR IN ROME.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EGYPTO-ROMAN MONARCHY.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. THE DEATH OF CÆSAR AND THE RETURN OF CLEOPATRA TO EGYPT.
17. 17.PART II. CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. THE CHARACTER OF ANTONY AND HIS RISE TO POWER.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY IN ALEXANDRIA.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. THE ALLIANCE RENEWED BETWEEN CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. THE PREPARATIONS OF CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY FOR THE OVERTHROW OF OCTAVIAN.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. THE DECLINE OF ANTONY’S POWER.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM AND THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. CLEOPATRA’S ATTEMPT TO BEGIN AGAIN.
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. OCTAVIAN’S INVASION OF EGYPT AND THE DEATH OF ANTONY.
27. 27.CHAPTER XX. THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA AND THE TRIUMPH OF OCTAVIAN.
28. 28.GENEALOGY OF THE PTOLEMIES.
29. 29.FOOTNOTES
30. 30.Transcriber’s Notes

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