Young Cleopatra (TRIH ep 195, part 1)
51 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.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 51 BCE
- Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Spartacus slave revolt (73 BCE)
- Fall of the Roman Republic (133 BCE)
- The Crucifixion (33)
- The Resurrection (33)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Caesar's dictatorship (49 BCE)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)