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Alexandria
ancient Egypt
ancient history
ancient Rome
Arsinoe
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Berenike
Cairo
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Cleopatra
Egypt
Egyptian politics
emperor
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forthcoming
Mark Anthony
Mark Antony
queen
Roman politics
Rome
ruler
Product details
- ISBN 9781805465492
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 05 Nov 2026
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A dramatic political, cultural and social historical narrative of the period 60-40 BCE in Egypt and Rome, and the three sister queens each seeking power for themselves during this time: Cleopatra, Berenike (executed by their father) and Arsinoe (murdered at sister Cleopatra's request).
Fatal Monsters approaches the three sister queens equally, rather than simply privileging Cleopatra, and examines them in the correct historical and archaeological context, not just through Roman eyes but also Greek and Egyptian ones. This story, the story of three sister queens and the sibling rivalry that brought down a 300-year-old dynasty, has yet to be told.
Jane Draycott is a historian and archaeologist, and the author of Fulvia and Cleopatra's Daughter. She is currently Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Glasgow and co-director of the University of Glasgow's Games and Gaming Lab.
