The Roman poet Propertius called Cleopatra “the whore queen.” Cassius Dio referred to her as a “woman of insatiable sexuality and insatiable avarice.” They, and other Roman men like them, were largely ...

FERRERO'S ROME AND EGYPT; Italian Historian Writes of Last Days of Antony and Cleopatra, and the Rise of Augustus. Share full article. Dec. 19, 1908.

The Battle of Actium proved to be a pivotal moment in Roman history, and world history, as Cleopatra and Mark Antony faced Octavian and Agrippa upon the seas as chronicled by Cornell professor ...

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

The Second Romano-Parthian War and a Forgotten Roman General. Although concentrating on the events of 40 B.C. through 20 B.C., Dr. Sampson, an independent scholar specializing in the final age of the ...

In Antony and Cleopatra, Patricia Southern, author The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History, Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen, and several other works that focus on notable events, ...

Rome, and the machinations of its males, is pale by comparison, more posturing at power than power itself (those scenes just need more confidence, perhaps they will develop that as the run continues).

Sometimes Moraine Valley Community College’s Academic Theater goes outside the box for free summer performances of William Shakespeare plays, but this year offers a more classic take. “… ...

London Theater Review: ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ With Ralph Fiennes ... His modern-dress Rome is recognizable from the word go and its elites, like our own, are well out of the fray.