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Nobody could claim that dynastic Egypt | HISTORY OF EGYPT

The Ptolemaic inheritance

Nobody could claim that dynastic Egypt fizzles out. It flares to a romantic end, while the last ruler in the line of the Ptolemies flirts with two representatives of the most efficient and expansionist empire of the anci...

A great crowd gathers in a | HISTORY OF ALEXANDRIA

Donations of Alexandria

A great crowd gathers in a stadium in Alexandria. All eyes are on two tiers of thrones. On the upper level sit Antony and his wife Cleopatra, robed as the Egyptian goddess Isis. On four lower thrones are their own three...

A great crowd gathers in a | HISTORY OF CLEOPATRA

Donations of Alexandria

A great crowd gathers in a stadium in Alexandria. All eyes are on two tiers of thrones. On the upper level sit Antony and his wife Cleopatra, robed as the Egyptian goddess Isis. On four lower thrones are their own three...

It is probably in the autumn | HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE

The Gallic War

It is probably in the autumn of 52 BC, after his defeat of Vercingetorix, that Caesar settles down in his winter quarters at Bibracte (to the northwest of modern Lyons) to record for posterity his successes in Gaul over...

It is probably in the autumn | HISTORY OF JULIUS CAESAR

The Gallic War

It is probably in the autumn of 52 BC, after his defeat of Vercingetorix, that Caesar settles down in his winter quarters at Bibracte (to the northwest of modern Lyons) to record for posterity his successes in Gaul over...

It is probably in the autumn | HISTORY OF FRANCE

The Gallic War

It is probably in the autumn of 52 BC, after his defeat of Vercingetorix, that Caesar settles down in his winter quarters at Bibracte (to the northwest of modern Lyons) to record for posterity his successes in Gaul over...

It is probably in the autumn | HISTORY OF HISTORIANS

The Gallic War

It is probably in the autumn of 52 BC, after his defeat of Vercingetorix, that Caesar settles down in his winter quarters at Bibracte (to the northwest of modern Lyons) to record for posterity his successes in Gaul over...

A first attempt to establish a | HISTORY OF NORTH AFRICA

Colonia Julia Carthago

A first attempt to establish a Roman colony on the site of Carthage is made within a quarter of a century, in 122 BC. The place is considered ill-omened from the start. Macabre tales circulate in Rome of wolves tearing u...

A first attempt to establish a | HISTORY OF CARTHAGE

Colonia Julia Carthago

A first attempt to establish a Roman colony on the site of Carthage is made within a quarter of a century, in 122 BC. The place is considered ill-omened from the start. Macabre tales circulate in Rome of wolves tearing u...