Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #8)
By AJ Carmichael
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.
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 & 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
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