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A New History of Cleopatra and Alexander the Great Makes the Case for Hellenism

The Ptolemaic period in Egypt was glittering — but no match for a rising Rome.

'The Death of Cleopatra' by Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1796-97. Detail.
'The Death of Cleopatra' by Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1796-97. Detail. Via Wikimedia Commons

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