person
Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra
The last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt (69--30 BC); Seneca pairs Mark Antony's love for her with his drunkenness as the ruin of a great man.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §10.83.25 Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII of Egypt; Seneca couples Antony's passion for her with his drunkenness as twin causes that turned a great Roman into an enemy of the commonwealth.
- Natural Questions §4.2.16 Cleopatra
The last Ptolemaic queen of Egypt, in whose reign the Nile twice failed to rise.