Cleopatra's Kidnappers

How Caesars Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-471-71933-5
Verlag: Turner Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 699 g

In his new book, military historian Stephen Dando-Collins turns to one of the most celebrated chapters of ancient Roman history-Julius Caesar's sojourn in Egypt and his love affair with 21-year-old Queen Cleopatra. He shows how Caesar's force of less than 4,000 Romans, led by the 900 battle-tested veterans of the Sixth Legion, was able to kidnap the Egyptian royal family, keep a 70,000-man Egyptian army at bay, and ultimately help crush the Egyptian rebels and consolidate Caesar's rule over the Roman world. Filled with vivid battle scenes as well as intriguing details about Caesar and Cleopatra's liaison, this latest installment in Dando-Collins's chronicles of the Roman legions is a rare treat for ancient history buffs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dando-Collins, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Atlas.

Acknowledgments.

Author's Note.

Introduction: Caesar in Context.

i. Last Stand in Alexandria.

ii. Trapped.

iii. According to Brutus.

iv. The Deal.

v. Cleopatra's War.

vi. Mark Antony, Ruler of Rome.

vii. Sailing into History.

viii. Egyptian Resistance.

ix. The Kidnap.

x. Caesar's Baby.

xi. Defeat and Castration.

xii. Reinforcements.

xiii. Taking the Island.

xiv. Releasing the King.

xv. The Relief Column.

xvi. Battle on the Nile.

xvii. To the Victor, the Spoils.

xviii. Going after Pharnaces.

xix. The Chariots of Zela.

xx. The Roman Triumphs of the 6th.

xxi. One Last Battle.

xxii. Porcia's Secret.

xxiii. After the Murder.

xxiv. The Wolf's Twins.

xxv. The Imperial 6ths.

Appendix A: Republican Roman Military Ranks, First Century B.C., and Their Modern-Day Equivalents.

Appendix B: Imperial Postings of the Two 6th Legions.

Appendix C: Sources.

Glossary.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS is the author of Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome and Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable Fourteenth Legion, both from Wiley. He is an Australian-born researcher, editor, and author who has spent the last three decades identifying and studying the individual legions of the Roman army of the late Republic and the empire of the Caesars.