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Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, was the only\n\nmember of the Ptolemaic dynasty to survive after her parents were defeated by the future\nRoman emperor Augustus at the Battle of Actium.\nParaded as a prisoner in a Roman triumph, then brought up in the household of\nAugustus’ sister Octavia, she would marry a North African prince, becoming coruler of\nthe Roman client-state of Mauretania.\nJane Draycott recreates the life and times of a woman who became a powerful ruler in\nher own right at a time when most women were marginalised, and whose remarkable\nlife shines new and revelatory light on Roman politics, society and culture in the early\nyears of the Empire.
Jane Draycott is a Roman historian and archaeologist with a special interest in Graeco-Roman Egypt. She has degrees in archaeology, ancient history and classics, has worked in academic institutions in the UK and Italy, and excavated sites ranging from Bronze Age villages to First World War trenches across Europe. She has written academic books and articles on a range of subjects related to ancient history and archaeology. Jane is currently Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Glasgow, and co-director of the University's Games and Gaming Lab.
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