CONTENTS -- Prologue: From Carpet to Asp -- 1. Cleopatra Superstar -- 2. The Major Players -- 3. The Supporting Cast -- 4. The Professionals -- 5. Cleopatra Architecta -- 6. Alexandria on the Tiber -- 7. Living the Inimitable Life -- 8. Ersatz Alexanders in Egypt and Rome -- 9. "Queen of Kings": Cleopatra Thea Neotera -- 10. Even Death Won't Part Us Now -- 11. Egyptomania! -- 12. Divine Alter Egos -- 13. A Roman Pharaoh and a Roman Emperor -- 14. Rome on the Tiber -- 15. Death, Dynasty, and a Roman Dendera -- 16. Competing with Cleopatra on Coins -- 17. Princesses and Power Hair -- 18. Regina Romana -- 19. From Asp to Eternity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index.