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Cleopatra VII—credited with restoring Egypt back to the limelight in the face of the rising Roman Empire—is notorious for her conquests of powerful men, a life in luxury, and manipulative womanhood. However, when it comes to leadership, this young queen had more to offer than these one-sided presentations from romanticized fiction. She was an innovative change agent who pushed boundaries courageously, an effective influencer of stakeholders, and a master at developing and implementing strategies—just to mention a few of her impressive achievements.
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Dio Cassius, Roman History, 42.34.6 (translation Loeb).
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Actually, Octavian used the fact that Antony had delegated authority to a woman as the casus belli and declared war on Cleopatra, not Antony: Plutarch, Antony, 60.
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Vanderbroeck, P. (2014). Cleopatra VII: Leveraging Difference. In: Leadership Strategies for Women. Management for Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39623-6_2
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