Cleopatra's ancestry and background
The Ptolemaic heritage and the involvement with Rome
Cleopatra's youth and education
Becoming queen (51-47 BC)
Consolidating the empire (47-40 BC)
The peak years (40-34 BC)
The operation of the kingdom
Scholarship and culture at the court of Cleopatra
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.