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