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The Life and Times of
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
“Histories make men wise.”—Bacon.
“I have no expectation that any man will read history arightwho thinks that what was done in a remote age ... hasany deeper sense than what he is doing to-day.”—Emerson.
“To philosophise on mankind exact observation is notsufficient.... Knowledge of the present must be supplementedfrom the history of the past.”—Taine.
“Only the dead men know the tunes the live world dancesto.”—Le Gallienne.
“Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for ... the earthshall cast out the dead.”—Isaiah.
CLEOPATRA.
The Life and Times of
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
A Study in the Origin
of the Roman Empire
BY
ARTHUR E. P. BROME WEIGALL
INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF ANTIQUITIES, GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT
AUTHOR OF ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AKHNATON, PHARAOH OF EGYPT,’ ‘THE TREASURE
OF ANCIENT EGYPT,’ ‘TRAVELS IN THE UPPER EGYPTIAN DESERTS,’
‘A GUIDE TO THE ANTIQUITIES OF UPPER EGYPT,’ ETC., ETC.
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1914
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO MY FRIEND OF MANY YEARS,
RONALD STORRS,
ORIENTAL SECRETARY TO THE BRITISH AGENCY IN EGYPT,
SCHOLAR, POET, AND MUSICIAN.
I have to thank most heartily the Honourable MrsJulian Byng, Mrs Gerald Lascelles, Mr Ronald Storrs,and my wife, for reading the proofs of this volume,and for giving me the benefit of their invaluable advice.
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| Part I.—CLEOPATRA AND CÆSAR. | ||
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| I. | AN INTRODUCTORY ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |