Women in Antiquity Cleopatra: A Biography, (Paperback)

from Areamatha

Cleopatra a Biography, by Duane W. Roller, tells the story of Cleopatra. The book gives background as to the Ptolemy dynasty. It explains her connection to Rome. As well as, chronologging her life: her early education, her dynastic marriage, the civil war with her brother, Cesar, Antonius, war wi...

from VincentDarlage

I thought this was an excellent biography, focusing on verifiable facts more than legend.

from tnilsson

I have read a number of books about the period in which Cleopatra lived. But most of those books concentrated on the men in her life, or the role of Rome in general, depicting Cleopatra and her country as mere supporting characters. This book gives Cleopatra and her country their due and taught m...

from Garp83

I recently completed "Cleopatra: A Biography" by Duane W. Roller, a new edition in the Oxford "Women in Antiquity" series. Perhaps only Roller could have succeeded in taking one of the most colorful characters of all of history - Cleopatra of Egypt -- and one of the most dramatic periods of histo...

from Kellswitch

The Ptolemaic era of Egyptian history is one that usually holds little interest for me, and I've never really had much of an interest at all in Cleopatra, but I am very glad I checked this book out on a whim. In the authors introduction he describes how hard it is to write about or even really kn...