Cleopatra (69-30 BC) was the last of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt. She was notorious in antiquity and has been romanticized in modern times as the lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Third daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, Cleopatra VII Philopator...

The story of Cleopatra has been a perennial favorite for the Hollywood cinema. The most notorious version remains the 1963 epic starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton—a film whose box office failure is credited with helping to destroy the...

69-31 B.C. Egyptian queen who attempted to increase the power of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt by becoming romantically involved with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. She married Antony in 37 B.C., even though he had yet to divorce his wife Octavia, the...

MICHEL CHAUVEAU. Egypt in the age of Cleopatra (tr. David Lorton). xii+226 pages, 44 figures, I table. 2000. Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press; 08014-3597-8 hardback 32.50 [pounds sterling] & $45,0-8014-8576-2 paperback 13.50 [pounds sterling] & $17.95. Three translations by David Lorton have...

(CUANDO UNA SERPIENTE MATO A OTRA) Año 69 antes de Jesucristo. En Egipto nace una princesa de la dinastía de los Ptolomeos que crece en el palacio aumentando de belleza al mismo que de astucia, algo importante en un ambiente donde el...

A biography of Cleopatra, the last pharoah of Egypt. While the majority of her life involved her relationship with Marc Antony, Cleopatra lived a life that was more complex than many people believe.