Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 7
Note To The Reader 9
Prologue: The Myth of Cleopatra's Death 11
Chapter 1 The Coldest Case 13
Chapter 2 The Phantom Cobra 19
Chapter 3 The Stage: Ancient Alexandria 43
Chapter 4 The Making of the Queen: Part One-The Ancestors 51
Chapter 5 The Making of the Queen: Part Two-The Macedonian Lineage 61
Chapter 6 The Making of the Queen: Part Three-The Family 69
Chapter 7 Cleopatra W Becomes Queen 77
Chapter 8 Julius Caesar 91
Chapter 9 Mark Antony 101
Chapter 10 Octavian 109
Chapter 11 The Road to Actium: Part One-The Conflict 117
Chapter 12 The Road to Actium: Part Two-The Partners 123
Chapter 13 The Road to Actium: Part Three-The Preparations 129
Chapter 14 Actium 143
Chapter 15 Plan B-The First Attempt to Flee Egypt 159
Chapter 16 Plan C-The Second Attempt to Flee Egypt 173
Chapter 17 A Motive for the Murder of Cleopatra 179
Chapter 18 The Unforeseen Murder of Antony 191
Chapter 19 The Capture of Cleopatra 203
Chapter 20 The Reconstruction 217
Chapter 21 Octavian's Triumph 233
Afterword: What This New View of Cleopatra Means to World History 237
Notes 239
Bibliography 247
Index 255
About the Author 263