Cleopatra's ancestry and background
The Ptolemaic heritage and the involvement with Rome
Cleopatra's youth and education
Becoming queen (51-47 B.C.)
Consolidating the empire (47-40 B.C.)
The peak years (40-34 B.C.)
The operation of the kingdom
Scholarship and culture at the court of Cleopatra
Appendices. Outline of Cleopatra's life and career
Genealogy of the later Ptolemies
Was Cleopatra a Roman citizen?
Some ancient literary descriptions of Cleopatra
The iconography of Cleopatra VII.
