Sources for Antony, Cleopatra, Octavian

Books: (see also General Reference Works)

Gruen, Erich. The Last Generation of the Roman Republic. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974.

Kebric, Robert B. Roman People. Mountain View: Mayfield, 1993.

Zanker, Paul. The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus. Translated by Alan Shapiro. Jerome Lectures; 16th series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1988.

External Links:

• Life of Antony by Plutarch (translated by John Dryden)
• Age of Augustus Internet Resources (Michael Arnush, Skidmore College)
• Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marcus Antonius: The Transition to a Greco-Roman (Roman Imperial) Egypt (page of links)
• Cleopatra VII: Ptolemaic Dynasty
• "Cleopatra's City Rises from Harbour Floor" (London Times 1 November 1997); includes map of Alexandria harbor
• Coins of Octavian (Buerger Collection of Coins, Lawrence University)
• From Octavian to Augustus: Timeline and Images Illustrating His Rise to Power (Eric Kondratieff, University of Pennsylvania); especially good for coin images

Image List: The following images from the pages on this topic are available through the VRoma Image Archive; further information can be found by consulting the various slide indices. Images in the VRoma Archive may be used for non-commercial purposes, either by downloading the images or by linking to them; it is not necessary to write for permission, but we do ask that you credit the VRoma Project.

silver tetradrachm of Antony and Cleopatra	aureus of Octavian and triumphal chariot	aureus of Octavian and Caesar	aureus of Antony and Octavia	bust of Agrippa
drawing; Stobart (1920)	Pergamon Museum, 31-27 BCE	Pergamon Museum, 43-41 BCE	Pergamon Museum, c. 36-35 BCE	cast from EUR

bust of Augustus	denarius of Octavian and trophy	denarius of Octavian and crocodile
Getty Museum, c. 39 CE	Pergamon Museum, 31-27 BCE	Pergamon Museum 31-26 BCE

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