Young Cleopatra (TRIH eps 195-198)
44 BCE · Resource
This episode examines Cleopatra's place in history through a discussion between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, drawing on Sandbrook's children’s book Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile. The hosts situate Cleopatra within the Hellenistic world founded by Alexander the Great and explain how the Ptolemaic dynasty combined Macedonian-Greek and Egyptian traditions. They outline the weak reign of Ptolemy XII Auletes, the fiscal pressures from bankers and Rome, and the Alexandrian riots that briefly d...
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Around 44 BCE
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