Antony and Cleopatra

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by Adrian Goldsworthy

plan to escape from Red Sea

  mood swings

  interest in poisons

  negotiations with Octavian

  wealth

  mausoleum

  and Octavian’s attack on Egypt

  naval forces defect

  seals self in mausoleum

  and Mark Antony’s death

  final days

  meeting with Octavian

  suicide

  interment

  attitudes to

  concerns

  imperial ambitions

  political skill

  fascination of

  Cleopatra Berenice

  Cleopatra I

  Cleopatra II

  Cleopatra III

  Cleopatra IV

  Cleopatra V Tryphaena

  Cleopatra Selene (sister of Ptolemy IX)

  Cleopatra Selene (daughter of Antony and Cleopatra)

  Clodius Pulcher, Publius no

  coinage showing Antony and Cleopatra

  Commagene

  Commius

  Coponius

  Corcyra

  Corfinium

  Corinth

  Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi)

  Cornelia (wife of Pompey)

  Corsica

  Cos

  courtesans

  Crassus, Marcus Licinius

  attempts to annex Egypt

  and the first triumvirate

  Ptolemy XII ‘ s visit to Rome

  military background

  becomes governor of Syria

  Parthian campaign

  reputation as miser

  Crassus, Publius Licinius

  Crete

  Curio, Caius Scribonius

  Cyprus

  Cyrenaica

  Cyrene

  Cytheris (Volumnia)

  Cyzicus

  Dacians

  Darius, King of Persia

  Deiotarus of Galatia

  Dellius, Quintus

  Demetrius II

  Demosthenes

  disease

  Dolabella, Publius Cornelius

  Donations of Alexandria, the

  Dyrrachium, battle of

  eastern provinces

  Egypt

  fascination of

  Roman domination

  Herodotus’ account of

  pyramids

  pharaons

  population

  the two lands

  threats facing

  balance of power

  culture

  the New Kingdom

  Ptolemy take control

  Greek population

  Ptolemy’s soldiers settle

  law codes

  bureaucracy

  religion

  first contact with Rome

  and the Punic Wars

  Ptomelaic rule and society

  religious cults

  royal sibling marriages

  rebellions

  Seleucid invasion

  decline of Ptolemaic kingdom

  priesthood

  resentment of Greek rule

  wealth

  royal excess

  physicians

  succession

  bequeathed to Rome

  corruption

  Crassus attempts to annex

  Gabinius’ campaign

  Jewish community

  the Gabinians

  Buchis bull ceremony

  food shortages

  Cleopatra’s invasion of

  Pompey flees to

  Pompey’s arrival and murder

  Caesar’s arrival in

  Caesar tours

  Roman garrison

  Cleopatra’s rule

  irrigation system

  trade

  royal army

  Ephesus

  Epirus

  Fadia (Antony’s first wife)

  Fayum, the

  first triumvirate, the

  fishing story from Plutarch

  Forum Gallorum, engagement at

  Fulvia (Antony’s third wife)

  funeral games celebrated by Curio for his

  father

  Gabinians, the

  Gabinius, Aulus

  Galba, Servius Sulpicius

  Gallic wars

  Gallus, Caius Cornelius

  Gallus, Flavius

  Ganymede (tutor to Arsinoe)

  Gaza

  Geminius, probably Caius

  Glaphyra

  Gracchus, Caius

  Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius

  Graves, Robert

  Greece, Classical

  Greek culture

  Greek language

  Greek law in Egypt

  Hannibal

  Hellenistic Age, the

  Herculaneum

  Hercules

  Hermonthis

  Herod

  Herodotus

  Hipparchus

  Hirtius, Aulus

  Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus the poet)

  horse archers

  Horus

  hunting

  Hybreas

  Hyksos, the

  Hyrbreas

  I, Claudius (Graves)

  Illyria

  Illyricum

  India

  infant mortality in the ancient world

  Inimitable Livers, the club of the

  Insteius, Marcus

  Iras

  Isis

  Jerusalem

  Josephus

  Juba 11 of Mauretania

  Juba of Numidia

  Judaea

  Julia (Caeser’s daughter)

  Julia (Marius’s wife)

  Julia (Mark Antony’s mother)

  Jupiter Optimus Maximus

  Khufu, Pharaoh

  Labienus, Quintus

  Laenas, Caius Popillius

  Lake Moeris

  Laodicia, siege of

  legions

  Second

  Third

  Fourth

  V Alaudae

  Sixth

  Seventh

  Eighth

  Ninth

  Tenth

  Twelfth

  Thirteenth

  Thirty-Fifth

  Twenty-Seventh

  the Martia

  Lentulus Spinther, Publius

  Lentulus Sura, Publius Cornelius

  Leontopolis

  Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius, the triumvir

  Lepidus Paullus, Lucius Aemilius

  Leucas

  Leuce Come

  Life of Mark Antony (Plutarch)

  Lissus

  Livia Drusilla

  Longinus, Quintus Cassius

  Lower Egypt

  Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, the poet)

  Lucullus

  Lycia

  Lysimachus

  Maat

  Macabees, the

  Macedonia, Kingdom of

  Machaerus, siege of

  Maecenas, Caius

  Magnesia, Battle of

  Malchus

  Manius

  Marcellus, Caius Claudius (cos. 50)

  Marcellus, Caius Claudius (cos. 49)

  Marcellus, Marcus Claudius (cos. 51)

  Mariamme

  Marius

  Media

  Media Atropene

  Memphis

  Menches

  Meroe, Kingdom of

  Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius

  Methone

  Milo, Titus Annius

  Misenum, Peace of

  Mithridates VI of Pontus

  Monaeses

  Munatius Plancus, Lucius

  Mutina

  Nabataean Arabs

  naval forces

  dependency on land bases

  Mark Antony

  Octavian

  marines

  warships

  transports

  Nero, Emperor

  Nerva, Lucius Cocceius

  Nile floods

  Octavia

 
Octavian/Augustus

  power

  political skill

  character

  rise of

  family background

  arrival in Rome

  accepts Caesar’s legacy

  and Caesar

  private army

  awarded propraetorian imperium

  defeat of Mark Antony in 43 BC

  elected to first consulship

  and the formation of the Triumvirate

  and Caesarion

  and the proscriptions

  legions

  motivation

  Philippi campaign

  health

  distribution of land to troops

  marriage to Scribonia

  and the Treaty of Brundisium

  coins of

  campaign against Sextus Pompey

  Brundisium conference with Mark

  Antony

  marriage to Livia

  stories of extravagance

  assumption of name Augustus

  ovation

  has Octavia take gifts to Mark Antony

  and the death of Sextus Pompey

  Balkan campaigns

  building projects

  and the Donations of Alexandria

  consulships

  visits to Rome

  honours

  successes

  rivalry with Mark Antony

  influence

  spreads rumours about Cleopatra

  marginalizes Mark Antony

  support for

  declares war on Cleopatra

  military forces

  naval forces

  Mark Antony challenges to single

  combat

  third consulship

  campaign against Mark Antony

  blockade of Actium

  battle of Actium

  Herod presents self to

  return to Italy after Actium

  secures Greece

  negotiations with

  attack on Egypt

  enters Alexandria

  meeting with Cleopatra

  visits Alexander’s tomb

  trophies

  fourth consulship

  triumphs

  as emperor

  military performance

  Octavius, Marcus

  Olympus (the doctor)

  oracles

  Orodes II

  Osiris

  Pacoras

  Palestine

  Palmyra

  Pansa, Caius Vibius

  Paraetonium

  Parthia

  Crassus’ campaign against

  Orodes II’s campaigns

  Parthian invasion of Judaea

  Ventidius’ campaign against

  Mark Antony campaign preparations

  Parthian campaign

  background

  forces

  preparations

  logistics

  the attack

  casualties

  retreat

  Parthian’s mobility

  effect on Mark Antony’s prestige

  assessment

  Paterculus, Velleius

  Patrae

  pearls, dissolved in vinegar

  Pedius, Quintas

  Pelusium

  Perdiccas

  Pergamum, Library

  Perseus

  Persians, the

  Perusine War

  Pharos lighthouse

  Pharsalus, battle of

  Philip II of Macedón

  Philip V of Macedón

  Philippi campaign

  Philippics (Cicero)

  Philippus, Lucius Marcius

  Philotas

  Phraata, siege of

  Phraatres IV

  Pinarius Scarpus, Lucius

  pirates and piracy

  Piso, Lucius Calpurnius

  Pliny

  Plutarch

  Polemo of Pontus

  political invective

  Pollio, Caius Asinius

  Polybius

  Pompey the Great (Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus)

  support for Sulla

  early career

  and Crassus

  political career

  eastern expeditions

  popularity

  eastern settlement proposals

  and the first triumvirate

  and Ptolemy XII

  Ptolemy XII’s visit

  in Jerusalem

  prosecution

  marriage to Scipio’s daughter in

  puts down election violence

  as augur

  marriage to Caesar’s daughter

  break with Caesar

  retreat from Rome

  seeks allies

  Spanish campaign

  and the Macedonian campaign

  at Pharsalus

  flees to Egypt

  arrival in Egypt

  murder

  Pompey, Cnaeus

  Pompey, Sextus

  Postumus, Caius Rabirius

  Pothinus

  Principate, the

  prisoners of war

  Proculeius, Caius

  Propertius, Sextus, the poet

  proscriptions

  Ptolemaieia festival

  Ptolemy Ceraunos

  Ptolemy I

  Ptolemy II

  Ptolemy III

  Ptolemy IV

  Ptolemy V

  Ptolemy VI

  Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator

  Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon

  Ptolemy IX Soter ‘Saviour’ II

  Ptolemy X Alexander I

  Ptolemy XI

  Ptolemy XII

  pays Rome for recognition as king

  and Pompey

  marriage to Cleopatra V Tryphaena

  daughters

  visit to Rome

  visit to Cato in Cyprus

  restoration

  and the Gabinians

  debts

  revenue

  court

  as the New Dionysus

  patronage of religious cults

  will

  succession

  death of

  unpopularity

  Ptolemy XIII

  Ptolemy XIV

  Ptolemy Philadelphus

  Publicóla, Gellius

  Punic Wars

  Pyrrhus of Epirus

  Pythodorus of Trailes

  Rabirius Postumus, Caius

  Raphia, battle of

  Ravenna

  Red Sea

  Rhodes

  Rhodion (tutor to Caesarion)

  Roman army

  service obligations

  property qualification for service in 2nd

  century BC 3

  discontent

  bounties

  auxiliaries

  loyalty

  command and control

  strengths

  lustration ceremony

  logistics

  Rome

  first contact with Egypt

  foundation

  rise of

  resources

  the Punic Wars

  territorial expansion

  invasion of Macedonia

  consuls

  kings

  magistrates

  politics

  government

  citizens

  stability

  military power

  taxes

  slaves

  wealth

  landowners

  wine trade

  public life

  nobles

  provincial governors

  triumph ceremony

  reputation

  civil war BC

  instability from 13 3 BC onwards

  and Antiochus IV

  Ptolemy VI flees to

  naming practices

  patricians

  the censorship

  the Social War

  Marius occupies

  dictators

  Sulla’s di
ctatorship

  Sulla’s purges

  involvement in Ptolemaic succession

  Egypt bequeathed to

  Caesar’s redistribution of publicly owned land

  Ptolemy XII’s visit

  reverence for motherhood

  education

  the Campus Martius 85, in

  brothels

  availability of sex

  elections

  corruption no

  priesthoods

  the tribunate

  the Popular Assembly

  dominance of old families

  falls to Caesar

  attitude to Cleopatra’s accession

  aristocracy and the Civil War

  Dolabella’s debt rebellion

  calendar

  libraries

  Temple of Venus Genetrix

  Jewish community

  Mark Antony’s dominance

  attitudes to adoption

  Lucius Antonius seizes

  Octavian’s building projects

  praetors

  Octavian’s visits

  imperialism

  Rosetta Stone

  Roxanne (wife of Alexander the Great)

  Rubicon, the, Caesar crosses

  Rufio

  Sallust, Caius Sallustius Crispus the historian

  Sanios

  Samosata, siege of

  Sardinia

  Sarmentus

  Scipio, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius

  Scipio Nasica in

  Scodra

  Scribonius Libo, Lucius

  Seleucid Empire

  Sempronia (mother of Decimus Brutus)

  Senate, the

  political freedom extinguished

  members

  powers

  law regulating the awarding of triumphs

  Sulla’s purges

  ‘walkers’ (pedarii)

  involvement in Ptolemaic succession

  senator’s life lived in public

  votes to recall Caesar from Gaul

  Mark Antony’s defence of Caesar

  and Caesar’s occupation of Rome

  Mark Antony presides over

  recognises Cleopatra as co-ruler of Egypt

  response to the assassination of Caesar

  ratifies Caesar’s acts

  Mark Antony’s dominance

  negotiations with Mark Antony

  war preparations

  declare Mark Antony public enemy

  and the triumvirs

  support for Octavian

  Septimius, Lucius (tribune of the Gabinians)

  Serapion (Cleopatra’s governor of Cyprus)

  Serapis

  Servilla (mother of Brutus)

  Seth

  Seven Wonders of the World

  Shakespeare, William

  Sicily

  Sidon

  Siwah, temple of Ammon

  sobriety

  Social War, the

  Sosigenes

  Sosius, Caius

  Spain

  Sparta

  Spartacus

  Strabo

  Suetonius Tranquillus, Caius, the biographer

  Sulla, Lucius Cornelius

  Sulpicius Rufus, Sergius

  Sybilline Oracle

  Syracuse

  Syria

  Tacitus

  Tarentum

  Tarsus

  Taylor, Elizabeth

  Thapsus, battle of

 

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