Introduction
Cleopatra's ancestry and background
The Ptolemaic heritage and the involvement with Rome
Cleopatra's youth and education
Becoming queen (51-47 BC)
Consolidating the empire (47-40 BC)
The peak years (40-34 BC)
The operation of the kingdom
Scholarship and culture at the court of Cleopatra
Downfall (34-30 BC)
Epilogue
Appendix 1 : Outline of Cleopatra's life and career
Appendix 2 : Genealogy of the later Ptolemies
Appendix 3 : Cleopatra's mother
Appendix 4 : Was Cleopatra a Roman citizen?
Appendix 5 : Some ancient literary descriptions of Cleopatra
Appendix 6 : The iconography of Cleopatra VII.