Cleopatra and Rome / Diana E.E. Kleiner.

By:

Kleiner, Diana E. E

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674039667
0674039661
0674032365
9780674032361
9780674019058
0674019059

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cleopatra and Rome.DDC classification:

932/.021/092 22

LOC classification:

N5763 .K58 2005eb

Other classification:

NH 6600

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Contents:

Prologue: From carpet to asp. -- Cleopatra superstar. -- The major players. -- The supporting cast. -- The professionals. -- Cleopatra Architecta. -- Alexandria on the Tiber. -- Living the inimitable life. -- Ersatz Alexanders in Egypt and Rome. -- "Queen of kings": Cleopatra Thea Neotera. -- Even death won't part us now. -- Egyptomania! -- Divine alter egos. -- A Roman pharaoh and a Roman emperor. -- Rome on the Tiber. -- Death, dynasty, and a Roman Dendera. -- Competing with Cleopatra on coins. -- Princesses and power hair. -- Regina Romana. -- From asp to eternity.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-313) and index.

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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.

In English.

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