Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Plates and Maps vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I Rise
7. 1 The Road to Siwa: Alexander’s Egyptian Adventure 15
8. 2 Left to the Worthiest: The Satrap’s Tale 29
9. 3 Foundation: Ptolemy I Soter 49
10. 4 Marriage Comes by Destiny: Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II 62
11. 5 Great Benefactors: Ptolemy III Euergetes I and Berenice II 83
12. 6 The Shape of Things to Come: Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III 95
13. Part II Aspects of Life in Ptolemaic Egypt
14. 7 A Town Like Alex 113
15. 8 The Yoke of Government 124
16. 9 Temples of the Ptolemies 142
17. 10 Mummies, Graves, and Grieving 156
18. Part III Ruin
19. 11 War of the Worlds: Rome and Carthage – The First and Second Punic Wars 169
20. 12 Quenching the Flame of Bold Rebellion: Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Cleopatra I 177
21. 13 Havoc and Confusion: Ptolemy VI Philometor, Cleopatra II, and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II 194
22. 14 Ménage à Trois: Cleopatra II, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, and Cleopatra III 219
23. 15 Venal Mayhem: Cleopatra III, Ptolemy IX Soter II, and Ptolemy X Alexander I 231
24. 16 The Tune of Flutes: Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Auletes, Cleopatra VI, and Berenice IV 249
25. 17 Passion and Witchery: Cleopatra VII Philopator Thea Neotera, Ptolemy XIII, Arsinoe IV, Ptolemy XIV, and Ptolemy XV 260
26. 18 The End of Egypt’s Gilded Age 278
27. Appendix 1: Key Dates 284
28. Appendix 2: Family Trees 291
29. Appendix 3: Ptolemaic Queens and Their Titles 297
30. Appendix 4: The Coinage of Ptolemaic Egypt 299
31. Glossary 302
32. Notes 306
33. Further Reading 337
34. Acknowledgements 350
35. Index 351