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Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #8)

Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #8)

By AJ Carmichael

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Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #8)

Length13h 52m

About this audiobook

Cleopatra VII Philopator has been remembered for centuries as a seductress, a tragic lover, and the queen who defied Rome. But behind the legends lies a far richer and more complex story: that of the last Pharaoh of Egypt, heir to three hundred years of Ptolemaic rule, and the final voice of an age when Greek ambition and Egyptian tradition met in a fragile balance. This book brings Cleopatra to life not simply as the lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, but as a ruler of extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and political genius. Born into a dynasty scarred by civil wars and corruption, she inherited a kingdom weakened by division and overshadowed by Rome. Yet through her mastery of language, religion, and diplomacy, she turned Egypt into a central actor on the Mediterranean stage. Fluent in both Greek and Egyptian, she embodied dual identities: Isis incarnate to her people, and a cultivated Hellenistic monarch to foreign courts.

Political Intrigue

Royalty & Courts

Mythological World

Audiobook details

GenreHistory

Length13 hrs 52 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateSep 25, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction

8Chapter 7 – Death by Asp or Dagger?

2Chapter 1 – Ptolemaic Egypt: The Macedonian Legacy

9Chapter 8 – Egypt Becomes a Roman Province

3Chapter 2 – Cleopatra’s Early Reign

10Chapter 9 – Cleopatra in Roman Literature

4Chapter 3 – Alliance with Julius Caesar

11Chapter 9 – Cleopatra in Roman Literature

5Chapter 4 – Cleopatra and Mark Antony

12Chapter 10 – Cleopatra in Modern Myth &amp; Pop Culture

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6Chapter 5 – The Propaganda War with Octavian

13About the Author

7Chapter 6 – The Battle of Actium

14About the Publisher

Series

Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and DynastiesBook 3

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