Antony and Cleopatra

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A masterfully told—and deeply human—story of love, politics, and ambition, Adrian Goldsworthy’s Antony and Cleopatra delivers a compelling reassessment of an important episode in ancient history.

In this remarkable dual biography of the two great lovers of the ancient world, Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a nuanced and historically acute portrayal of his subjects, set against the political backdrop in their time. A history of lives lived intensely at a time when the world used to be changing profoundly, the book takes readers on a journey that crosses cultures and boundaries from ancient Greece and ancient Egypt to the Roman Empire.

Drawing on his prodigious knowledge of the ancient world and his keen sense of the period’s military and political history, Goldsworthy creates a singular portrait of the iconic lovers. “Antony and Cleopatra were at first political animals,” explains Goldsworthy, who places politics and ideology on the heart in their storied romance. Undertaking a close analysis of ancient sources and archaeological evidence, Goldsworthy bridges the gaps of current scholarship and dispels misconceptions that have entered the preferred consciousness. He explains why Cleopatra used to be consistently portrayed by Hollywood as an Egyptian, although she used to be actually Greek, and argues that Antony had far less military experience than any individual would suspect from reading Shakespeare and other literature. Goldsworthy makes a very powerful case for understanding Antony as a powerful Roman senator and political force in his own right.

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