The Cleopatras: A Dynasty of Rule Breakers

The Ancients

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🗓️ 12 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Cleopatra. It is one of the most recognisable names in ancient history, made famous by the exploits of Egypt’s controversial pharaoh queen. But did you know that the Cleopatra of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony fame was actually the seventh Cleopatra of her dynasty. From 180 BC, down to the Roman conquest of Alexandria in 30 BC, Egypt was ruled by a line of fiercely ambitious and independent Cleopatras, none of whom were afraid to break the rules…

In today’s episode of The Ancients Tristan once again welcomes Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn Jones onto to podcast, this time to delve into the golden age of Ptolmeic Egypt and unpack the tumultuous family drama that brought these Cleopatras to the fore.

This episode was produced and edited by Joseph Knight. Senior Producer was Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	It's the ancients on history hit. I'm Tristan, he's your host and I'm doing today's intro from a very
0:16.7	special place. I am in a mane the capital of Jordan atop one of the great rocks in the center of the city. It's known as the
0:25.0	citadel and it's adorned with great architecture from antiquity. I'm standing right
0:30.4	next to a second century Roman temple, the remains of it, and it is called the temple of Hercules,
0:37.2	because back in antiquity this was a great Roman center in the Middle East. I'm here with History Hit. We've been creating lots of
0:45.4	material for the podcast and also for History Hit TV. It will all be coming to you very soon and I cannot
0:52.0	wait to share what we have in store for you.
0:55.1	Back to today's episode, something slightly different.
0:57.6	We are talking all about the Cleopatra's.
1:00.3	Now when someone mentions Cleopatra, your mind will immediately go to that
1:04.3	powerful female Pharaoh of Egypt who oversaw a golden age for a kingdom and had a love
1:09.5	affairs with two great Roman statesmen with Julius Caesar and Mark Antney. However, that famous Cleopatra was the last in a line of
1:19.7	great Ptolemyre, Queens of Egypt, who bared the name Cleopatra. She was in fact Queen Cleopatra
1:27.0	the seventh. Her six Cleopatra predecessors are often overlooked, but no no longer because in this fantastic episode we're
1:35.6	going to explore the stories of all seven Cleopatra's. It's gruesome but
1:40.5	amazing stuff as we delve into the glory details of that extraordinary Hellenistic
1:45.0	kingdom, the Ptolemy's.
1:47.7	Our guest is the one and only professor Lloyd Loyd Loyd, he is one of the greatest speakers that I've ever
1:55.2	interviewed and he makes this rather confusing topic fun and gripping throughout.
2:00.5	Oh, and he's also written a new book all about these queens. I really do hope you enjoy.
2:05.9	And here's Lloyd.
2:07.5	Lloyd, it is a pleasure to have you back on the podcast.
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