1/8: Alaskan volcano 43 BC led to weak crop harvests in Egypt and obliged Cleopatra to choose a protector: she chose the wrong Roman: 1/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss
May 15, 2023, 01:13 AM
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1/8: Alaskan volcano 43 BC led to weak crop harvests in Egypt and obliged Cleopatra to choose a protector: she chose the wrong Roman: 1/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss
https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676
The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandria, Cleopatra’s capital, and Latin might have become the empire’s second language after Greek, which was spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean, including Egypt.
The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandria, Cleopatra’s capital, and Latin might have become the empire’s second language after Greek, which was spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean, including Egypt.