Cleopatra

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🗓️ 26 June 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Cleopatra VII was part of a dynasty of Macedonian rulers founded by Ptolemy, who served as general under Alexander the Great during his conquest of Egypt in 332 B.C. Cleopatra served as the dominant ruler in all three of her co-regencies and was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.

Stacy Schiff is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra: A Life. Stacy joins Dan on the podcast to reconstruct Cleopatra’s life. From ascension to the throne, her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, to her eventual death, Stacy and Dan chart the life of a ruler who controlled the largest territory of any woman.

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0:36.0	Talking about Cleopatra today, technically Cleopatra VII.
0:40.0	She was the last ruler of an independent Egypt.
0:45.0	From the death of Cleopatra.
0:48.0	It's annexation by the Roman Empire.
0:50.0	Right up until the modern day, Egypt was always subsumed in one large empire or another.
0:56.0	She ruled from 51 BC to 30.
1:00.0	She's famous for being very beautiful, or find out that's true.
1:04.0	And for her love affairs with the Roman warlords, Julius Caesar and his Prache mark Anthony.
1:09.0	She died at age 39.
1:11.0	It's one of those talks about the fascinating lives of the ancient world.
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