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Octavian, Mark Antony, and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium
YouTube ^ | April 3, 2022 | Penn Museum

Posted on 01/09/2023 11:04:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv

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About the Speaker
C. Brian Rose, Ph.D.,is James B. Pritchard Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology and Peter C. Ferry Curator-in-Charge of the Mediterranean Section. Since 1988 he has been Head of Post-Bronze Age excavations at Troy, and between 2004-2007 he directed a survey project in the Granicus River Valley that focused on recording and mapping the Graeco-Persian tombs that dominate the area. In 2013, he became director of the Gordion Excavations in central Turkey, and in 2015 was elected President of the American Research Institute in Turkey. His research has concentrated on the political and artistic relationship between Rome and the provinces (Dynastic Commemoration and Imperial Portraiture in the Julio-Claudian Period, Cambridge, 1997), and on the monuments of Troy during the Classical periods (The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy, Cambridge, 2014).

1 posted on 01/09/2023 11:04:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 01/09/2023 11:05:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’ve watched several Penn videos the past couple of weeks, all excellent and worth a look. Thanks for the post.


3 posted on 01/09/2023 11:07:33 AM PST by Quentin Quarantino
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In the years following the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, internal Roman power struggles—combined with the increasingly negative response to Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony's romantic partnership—led to the deterioration of the relationship between Egypt and Rome. The conflict ultimately came to a head with the Battle of Actium in September of 31 BCE, in which the Egyptian forces were decimated at sea by the Romans—with Cleopatra and Marc Antony barely escaping with their lives. The aftermath of this battle set the course for the final desperate year of Cleopatra's life. Dr. Jennifer Wegner, Associate Curator, Egyptian Section, speaks at this "Great Battles: Moments in Time that Changed History" series lecture program.
Great Battles: From Actium to an Asp,
The Beginning of the End for Cleopatra the Great

Penn Museum | 68.7K subscribers | 7,872 views | February 15, 2013
Great Battles: From Actium to an Asp, The Beginning of the End for Cleopatra the Great | Penn Museum | 68.7K subscribers | 7,872 views | February 15, 2013

4 posted on 01/09/2023 11:08:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Quentin Quarantino
My pleasure, and I agree, looks like it'll be a good source for GGG topics for a while, as long as I beware the Ides of Woke. :^)

5 posted on 01/09/2023 11:09:07 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
BCE is annoying...


6 posted on 01/09/2023 11:09:09 AM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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https://www.youtube.com/@pennmuseum/videos


7 posted on 01/09/2023 11:10:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Most of what I know about this time period and these historical figures I learned watching the TV series Rome.


8 posted on 01/09/2023 11:10:11 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yes, en garde ... Wokeness Creep is a real thing.


9 posted on 01/09/2023 11:12:09 AM PST by Quentin Quarantino
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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder whatever happened to Cleopatra’s kids?...............


10 posted on 01/09/2023 11:14:22 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

The second season of HBO’s Rome covers this period reasonably well. I’’ve got and old Avalon Hill game Trireme which covers the Naval Battle, and a variety board game wargames from SPI and other publishers which cover from the days of Egypt and Babylonia to the Fall of the Holy Roman Empire. It’s tough to beat Roman Infantry when they have even a mediocre General, and Octavius hand a great General and solid ally in Agrippa.


11 posted on 01/09/2023 11:19:39 AM PST by Waverunner
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To: SunkenCiv

This was the battle that essentially turned Octavian into Augustus.


12 posted on 01/09/2023 11:20:06 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Red Badger

Caesarian - Julious Caesar’s son with Cleopatra Octavian had killed. He clearly was a threat to Octavian’s rule.

The three children she had with Mark Anthony, See link below

https://worldhistory.us/ancient-history/ancient-egypt/cleopatras-children-and-descendants.php


13 posted on 01/09/2023 11:22:23 AM PST by Reily
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To: z3n
There were parts of that series that were really excellent, especially the beginning episodes. The scene where Mark Antony interrupts Caesar in a meeting and afterwards Caesar puts his arm around his shoulder and, with a smile, tells him to never do that again was a really good reminder of how much Roman politics was like the Godfather.

I was miffed because I thought a lot was cribbed from The First Man in Rome series of novels, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

14 posted on 01/09/2023 11:25:08 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: SunkenCiv
By the first century BCE BC, Rome had gained control of the entire Mediterranean, but those conquests had been accompanied by a century of civil war that witnessed the assassination of politicians on all sides of the political spectrum. At one point, the adherents of one populist politician marched on Rome's temple of Castor and Pollux, which was closely associated with the Senate, and tore up the temple steps. This period of nearly continuous warfare would not end until 31 BCE BC...

FIFY

15 posted on 01/09/2023 11:29:47 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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Lineage

https://worldhistory.us/ancient-history/ancient-egypt/cleopatras-children-and-descendants.php


16 posted on 01/09/2023 11:31:47 AM PST by combat_boots ( )
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To: SunkenCiv
In the years following the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE BC, internal Roman power struggles—combined with the increasingly negative response to Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony's romantic partnership—led to the deterioration of the relationship between Egypt and Rome. The conflict ultimately came to a head with the Battle of Actium in September of 31 BCE BC...

FIFY

17 posted on 01/09/2023 11:31:59 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Red Badger

I believe the sun was killed but the daughter lived to be the Queen of antolia or somewhere in that region.


18 posted on 01/09/2023 11:32:40 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Dems: We cheated fair and square!!!)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
Wiki-

Cleopatra Selene II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC – c. 5 BC; the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic princess, Queen of Numidia (briefly in 25 BC) and Mauretania (25 BC – 5 BC) and Queen of Cyrenaica (34 BC – 30 BC). She was an important royal woman in the early Augustan age.

19 posted on 01/09/2023 11:48:37 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: z3n

The face on a coin from that time seems to depict Cleo, and she was just a bit uglier that Helen Thomas ...


20 posted on 01/09/2023 11:53:36 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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