Today's installment concludes Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony,our selection from The Empire of the Ptolemies by John P. Mahaffy published in 1895. For

Cleopatra, fleeing the battle while the outcome was undecided was a blunder other women leaders of history would not have made.Continuing Cleopatra,

The scene at Herod's palace must have been inimitable.Continuing Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony,our selection from The Empire of the Ptolemies by

Plato admits four sorts of flattery, but Cleopatra had a thousand.Continuing Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony,our selection from The Empire of the

On her arrival, Antony sent to invite her to supper. She thought it fitter he should come to her.Continuing Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony,our

When Caesar was assassinated, she was still at Rome, and had some wild hopes of having her son recognized by the Caesareans.Continuing Cleopatra,