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This is the first study of the royal women who ruled in the Mediterranean in the latter first century BC, in a symbiotic relationship with the Roman government. Several are discussed, with the most prominent being Cleopatra Selene (the daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt) and Salome, the sister of Herod the Great.
List of contents
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- Genealogical Chart
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Queens and Royal Women
- Chapter 2: Cleopatra's Daughter
- Chapter 3: Glaphyra of Cappadocia
- Chapter 4: Salome of Judaea
- Chapter 5: Dynamis of Bosporos
- Chapter 6: Pythodoris of Pontos
- Chapter 7: Abe of Olbe and Mousa of Parthia
- Chapter 8: Royal Women and Roman Women
- Appendix 1: A Note on Flavius Josephus and Nikolaos of
- Damascus
- Appendix 2: The Girl Who Danced for the Head of John the
- Baptist
- Notes
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- List of Passages Cited
- Index
About the author
Duane W. Roller, Professor Emeritus of Classics at The Ohio State University, is an ancient historian, archaeologists, and classicist. He is a four-time Fulbright scholar, and the author of numerous scholarly articles and over a a dozen books, including Cleopatra: A Biogragphy (Oxford 2010), Eratosthenes' Geography, and Ancient Geography (London 2015).
Summary
This is the first study of the royal women who ruled in the Mediterranean in the latter first century BC, in a symbiotic relationship with the Roman government. Several are discussed, with the most prominent being Cleopatra Selene (the daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt) and Salome, the sister of Herod the Great.
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I think with a sound knowledge of Roman history and politics this book would fill in the gaps of these women, who are almost invisible in the records but who ruled different parts of the Roman Empire following the demise of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.
