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_aPMNP _beng _cKutubkhanah Diraja |
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_93576 _aDraycott, Jane, _d1954- |
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_aCleopatra's Daughter: _bEgyptian princess, roman prisoner, african queen / _cJane Draycott |
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_aLondon _bHead of Zues _c2022 |
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_a328p _c9.49 x 1.34 x 6.46 inches |
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520 | _aIn 1895, archaeologists excavating a villa outside Pompeii discovered a hoard of Roman silverware. In the centre of one dish was a female figure with thick, curly hair, deep-set eyes, a slightly hooked nose and a strong jaw, and sporting an elephant scalp headdress. Modern scholars believe this woman is Cleopatra Selene, daughter of the infamous Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Using this discovery as her starting-point, Jane Draycott recreates the life and times of a remarkable woman. Unlike her siblings, who were either executed as threat to Rome's new ruler, Augustus, or simply forgotten, Cleopatra Selene survived and prospered. She was a princess who became a prisoner; a prisoner who became a queen; an Egyptian who became Roman; and a woman who became a powerful ruler in her own right at a time when women were marginalised. Her life shines new light on the conflict between the politics, culture and history of Rome and Egypt, as well as the relationship between Rome and one of its most significant allied kingdoms, Mauretania. | ||
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