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Augustus: Shrewd operator
The Meroe head of Augustus – British Museum, London Augustus had a ruthless reputation. What he could not eliminate with the strength of arms, he did so by manipulation – Alvin Ang Augustus transformed Rome from a bitterly-divided, war weary republic into an empire in a series of superb strokes of political manipulation. Emerging victorious…
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Cleopatra VII – Power, Romance & Rome
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Bust of Cleopatra VII in the Altes Museum, Berlin Her full name was Kleopatra VII Thea Philopator, the title Kleopatra, is Greek for ‘Glory of her Father’, and she was the seventh female in the royal dynasty of Egypt to be called a Kleopatra. Although she was born in Egypt, she could trace her family…