Cleopatra's daughter : Egyptian princess, Roman prisoner, African queen
Draycott, Jane (Jane Louise)2023
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In 1895, archaeologists excavating a villa at Boscoreale, outside Pompeii, uncovered a spectacular hoard of high-quality Roman silverware. In the centre of one especially fine gilded dish was a bust of a female figure with thick curly hair, deep-set eyes, a slightly hooked nose and a strong jaw, sporting an elephant's scalp headdress. Modern scholars believe it likely that she represents Cleopatra Selene, one of three children born to Cleopatra VII of Egypt and the Roman triumvir Mark Antony. Using the Boscoreale discovery as her starting-point, Jane Draycott recreates the life and times of a remarkable woman - the sole member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to survive following her parents' defeat at the Battle of Actium. Unlike her siblings, who were either executed as threat to Rome's new ruler, Augustus, or simply forgotten, Cleopatra Selene not only survived but prospered.
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Author:
Draycott, Jane (Jane Louise), author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2023.
Collation:
336 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781800244825 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
939.710309939.71B CLEB/CLEO
Language:
English
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BRN:
2393969
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