Cleopatra and RomeHarvard University Press, 2009 M06 30 - 352 pages In this beautifully illustrated book, we experience the synthesis of Cleopatra's and Rome's defining moments through surviving works of art and other remnants of what was once an opulent material culture. This culture best chronicles Cleopatra's legend and suggests her subtle but indelible mark on the art of imperial Rome at the critical moment of its inception. |
Contents
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1 Cleopatra Superstar | 16 |
2 The Major Players | 29 |
3 The Supporting Cast | 45 |
4 The Professionals | 58 |
5 Cleopatra Architecta | 68 |
6 Alexandria on the Tiber | 93 |
7 Living the Inimitable Life | 102 |
13 A Roman Pharaoh and a Roman Emperor | 189 |
14 Rome on the Tiber | 200 |
15 Death Dynasty and a Roman Dendera | 219 |
16 Competing with Cleopatra on Coins | 230 |
17 Princesses and Power Hair | 242 |
18 Regina Romana | 251 |
19 From Asp to Eternity | 261 |
Notes | 285 |
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Actium age of Augustus Alexander Alexander Helios Alexander's Alexandria Antony and Cleopatra Antony’s Apollo Ara Pacis Ara Pacis Augustae architecture Augus Augustan Augustus’s Auletes Battle of Actium became building Caesarion celebrated century b.c. Cleo Cleopa Cleopatra and Antony Cleopatra and Rome coiffure coins commissioned death Dendera depicted Diana E. E. Dio Cassius divine dynasty Egyptian emperor empire empress father Fulvia Gaius and Lucius goddess gods Greek hair hairstyle Hathor head Hellenistic honor Horus imperial Isis Julia Julius Caesar king Kleiner Livia Macedonian marble Marcus Agrippa Mark Antony marriage monuments mother Museum nodus obelisks Octavian Osiris patra pharaoh Plutarch political Pompey portraits of Cleopatra portraiture print version Ptolemy Ptolemy XIII queen refer Roman coinage Roman Forum Roman women Rome To view Rome’s royal scenes slaves sphinx statuary Suetonius Temple of Venus Tiber Tiberius tion tomb uraeus Venus Genetrix victory view this image visual woman