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[narrator] There was a time long ago
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when women ruled with unparalleled power,
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as warriors, queens, mothers of nations.
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[screams]
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They bowed to no man.
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Their actions echoing
unapologetically throughout history.
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And there was none among them more iconic
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than Cleopatra.
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Vixen or strategist?
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Collaborator or maverick?
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Her legend has been retold for millennia.
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{\an8}[screams]
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But few know the real woman. Her truth.
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I am Isis!
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[Cleopatra] I am a God!
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[man screams]
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[narrator] Worshipped and feared by Egypt,
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courted and reviled by Rome,
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a leader of undeniable power
that no one could afford to ignore.
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I would die for Egypt.
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[Cleopatra] What would you die for?
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[narrator] She loved deeply,
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fought courageously,
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outsmarting her rivals.
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Cleopatra walked through
the sandstorm of history
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and left footprints so deep
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that no man could ever erase them.
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[theme music]
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[gentle music]
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[Shelley] My grandmother
was the inspiration for me.
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I would come home and I would tell her
about what I was learning.
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{\an8}You know,
"Oh, we're learning about the Greeks,
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{\an8}and we're learning about the Romans.
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{\an8}And today we learned about Cleopatra."
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And I remember clear as day,
her saying to me,
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"Shelley, I don't care
what they tell you in school,
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Cleopatra was Black."
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[narrator] Since 323 BC,
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a family originally from Macedonia,
the Ptolemies,
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have ruled Egypt,
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but now, a sudden shift of power
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will change the life
of one teenage girl forever.
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[Shelley] Cleopatra was first
and foremost, a scholar.
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She was a scientist.
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She was a linguist.
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Those things mattered to her
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just as much, if not more, than politics.
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[Debora] The Library of Alexandria
was important to Cleopatra
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because she was very learned.
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She studies the Egyptian language,
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{\an8}and the Ptolemies before her
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{\an8}did not see a value
in learning the language.
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{\an8}[Islam] When she went
to the library as a kid,
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{\an8}she would've been reading
about the female queens of Egypt.
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That would've made her aspire
to be a queen.
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I'm not done yet.
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It's time.
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[tense music]
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[sighs]
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It's a very bittersweet moment.
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[Shelley] As is true for any monarch.
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In order for them to rule,
their parents must die.
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♪ The spy is never turning ♪
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♪ The skies are burning ♪
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♪ They can't conquer ♪
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♪ As we won't be broken ♪
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[Ptolemy XII groans]
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[breathing heavily]
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[servants crying]
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Enough with the sniffling.
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[Ptolemy XII exhales sharply]
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Is everything ready?
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Yes, Father.
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[Shelley] The Ptolemies had been
in power now
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since roughly 323 BCE.
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So we're now talking about...
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a good 200 years later.
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Where are you?
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[Colleen] Cleopatra's family
becomes rulers of Egypt
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{\an8}because the very first Ptolemy
is a general of Alexander the Great,
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{\an8}who conquered Egypt
and kicked out the ruling Persian dynasty.
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[Shelley] The Ptolemies were ruthless.
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They weren't warm and fuzzy.
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[gasps]
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I don't trust any of them.
[coughs]
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If I may.
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Go! Go away!
[coughs]
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[Ptolemy XII breathing heavily]
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You keep your head on you.
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These goons will wipe away
everything I've done.
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[Colleen] Cleopatra
is not the eldest daughter
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of Ptolemy XII.
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He had, in fact,
already executed her older sister...
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[chuckles]
...because she had dared usurp the throne.
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[Colleen] It seems, however,
Cleopatra was his favorite,
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and in his will, he intended for Cleopatra
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to rule alongside her brother,
Ptolemy XIII.
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Our legacy is safe with me.
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[Ptolemy XII] When I look at you...
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I see me.
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[Ptolemy XII gasping]
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[sobbing]
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[Cleopatra and servants crying]
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Cleopatra was either 17 or 18 years old
when her father died.
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[Colleen] So upon his death,
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Cleopatra now has virtually
a crisis on her hands.
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[Cleopatra and servants crying]
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[sobbing quietly]
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[Colleen] She has three living siblings.
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Two brothers named Ptolemy
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and a sister named Arsinoe.
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Cleopatra had every reason to be afraid
of what her siblings were capable of...
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even though they were younger than her.
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My father has ascended.
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[servants crying]
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Obviously, I will take care of everything,
Your Highness. I...
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We'll be doing things differently
from now on.
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What did...
[sighs]
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What does she mean?
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[Islam] Cleopatra's brother
is very much affected
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by this eunuch Pothinus,
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who has raised him, really.
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And Arsinoe similarly
has a eunuch who has raised her,
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so a lot of the decisions
that are made by Cleopatra's siblings
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are not necessarily their own.
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You may love your sibling,
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but you also understand that your sibling
will stab you in the back.
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And so, I think that that is kind of
the relationship she had with Arsinoe.
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There was a long history
in the Ptolemy dynasty
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{\an8}of them fighting with each other,
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{\an8}exiling one of their siblings,
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{\an8}murdering one of their siblings.
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{\an8}Growing up a Ptolemy
means that you are engaged
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{\an8}in constant family warfare.
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You are looking to kill each other
and hoping to not be killed in return.
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It was a very Game of Thrones
kind of environment.
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{\an8}[Colleen] The coronation in Memphis
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{\an8}would've attracted
the highest administrators and priests.
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It was a time
when the Ptolemaic rulers became part
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of a 3,000-year-old tradition
of Egyptian kingship.
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[crowd cheering]
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[sniffs]
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[Charmion] They've started gathering.
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Pothinus is welcoming everyone.
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I'm not surprised.
[sighs]
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[Iras] Sit.
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He's just being helpful.
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More like helping himself.
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Uh, careful with that.
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I'm not done working on it yet.
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You should be a scholar.
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And leave Egypt in the hands of idiots?
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[Paserenptah] Mind what you say.
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I could've been Pothinus.
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No.
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He shuffles when he walks.
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It is time to present you to the people.
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The people already know me.
They can present the boy.
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I know it's tedious.
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But it is tradition.
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And people find comfort in traditions.
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It's time for some new traditions.
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Come on.
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Let's get the boring stuff over with
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so you can focus on the fun stuff,
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like the drought and our debt to Rome.
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[Shelley]
In addition to her male advisors,
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Cleopatra also has two female advisors,
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Charmion and Iras.
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They were with Cleopatra
since she was a child,
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and often, scholars don't realize
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how important
these two women were to Cleopatra.
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[sighs]
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Let it begin.
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[upbeat music]
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Unfortunately for Cleopatra,
in her father's will,
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Cleopatra is supposed to rule Egypt
alongside her brother, Ptolemy XIII.
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[Debora] You could eliminate
the competition through murder
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or you could marry.
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That doesn't mean that they didn't murder,
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but they chose to marry first.
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Ready, little brother?
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Children of Egypt,
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we are here at this time
to witness Thea Philopator Cleopatra
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and Ptolemy Theos Philopator.
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[Shelley] There has to be
a male and female pharaoh
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because Isis and Osiris
were the major gods in Egyptian religion,
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and since the male and female pharaohs
are also gods,
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they have to reflect Isis and Osiris.
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Gods marry their brothers
and their sisters.
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That's what gods do.
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And so, this was considered
completely proper behavior.
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And certainly for a Ptolemaic ruler
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who wanted to support
traditional religion,
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that was absolutely the way.
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I present to you...
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Osiris and Isis reborn.
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[Colleen] Because her brother-husband
Ptolemy was only a child,
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Cleopatra had a definite advantage
in terms of her strategic position.
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But Ptolemy has very powerful advisors
at court.
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[Shelley] His main advisor is Pothinus.
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[crowd cheering]
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Pothinus wants to be the real power.
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Cleopatra stands in the way.
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[crowd applauding]
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[Shelley] Once Cleopatra succeeds
to the throne,
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one of her first acts
is to undertake a pilgrimage
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to cement her relationship
with the Egyptian people.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[chuckles softly]
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[Arsinoe] Stinks.
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Will you behave yourself, please?
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These are our people. They're watching.
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Sorry.
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Hi.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Debora] I think that her wanting
to learn more about the Egyptian people
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was a way to try to integrate herself
more into the country.
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[lively music playing]
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[Jacquelyn] There were three primary
populations in Egypt as a whole.
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Of course, we have native Egyptians.
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We have the Greek peoples,
who came in with the Ptolemies,
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and then we also have
a very sizable Jewish population.
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All three of these populations
did not like each other,
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but they were all unified
in the fact that they didn't like Rome.
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[Shelley] For the most part,
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the Ptolemies separated themselves
from the indigenous Egyptian people.
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Come on, that's beautiful.
Look at the colors.
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We have those colors at home.
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[Shelley] Cleopatra's affinity
for the Egyptian people
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was looked at askance
by people like Pothinus,
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who thought that this was just
a silly gesture by a silly girl.
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But the indigenous people
saw this as a mark of leadership.
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[celebratory music playing]
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[Colleen] The very first recorded event
of Cleopatra's reign
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is her celebration of the installation
of the new Buchis bull.
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[bull whines]
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The earthly embodiment of the god Montu,
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a very ancient god in Egypt.
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And this is really remarkable,
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for Cleopatra
to travel deep into upper Egypt
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to celebrate this ritual,
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signifies that she wants to be
an Egyptian queen,
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not just a Ptolemaic queen.
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[Shelley] Cleopatra feels very close
to the Egyptian people.
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Cleopatra learned the Egyptian language.
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She practiced the Egyptian religion.
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[Shelley] She wants to be remembered
as Egyptian.
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We don't know her exact racial heritage.
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We don't know who Cleopatra's mother was.
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There's been a lot of research
to prove that her mother was Egyptian,
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but we can't know for sure.
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[Sally-Ann] It's also uncertain
who Cleopatra's grandmother was.
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Cleopatra's father was given a nickname,
which was illegitimate,
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so people recognized that his mother
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had probably been somebody
who was at the royal court.
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It's possible that she was an Egyptian.
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Ancient Egyptians would've had
a variety of different complexions,
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um, as we find
in other African cultures today.
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Skin color ranged
from black to pale brown,
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much like the people of South Sudan
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to modern-day Egypt.
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Given that Cleopatra
represents herself as an Egyptian,
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it seems very strange that we insist
on depicting her as a wholly European.
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[Debora] If you look at her depictions,
she looks different
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depending on who it is
that's depicting her.
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So her representations change,
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her perceptions change.
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So she's almost like this chameleon.
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The appeal of Cleopatra
is that we imagine her,
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that everyone
can imagine her in their own way.
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I imagine her to have curly hair like me
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and a similar skin color.
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[celebratory music playing]
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[tense music]
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[Debora] Some of the challenges
that Cleopatra faces
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where she's taking power
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after her father's death
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is that he left this huge debt.
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{\an8}[Debora] Egypt was a client state
of, of Rome at the time.
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{\an8}And the Ptolemies were fighting
desperately to maintain independence.
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{\an8}[Shelley] Rome is the emerging power.
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{\an8}Rome understands
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that Egypt is the breadbasket
of the Mediterranean.
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But Egypt
is in a very precarious situation.
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[Shelley] The Nile,
which had to flood every year
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in order to produce crops,
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has not flooded
at the same level for several years.
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Now, this isn't Cleopatra's fault.
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Natural occurrences never are.
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[Shelley] But it did put Cleopatra
in a little bit of a tricky situation.
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[bird squawking]
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[brays]
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I should've come sooner.
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You're here now.
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Open the royal grain stores.
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Let's get these people fed.
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And we should build a temple.
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A place for hope.
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They'll remember this.
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So will I.
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I'm glad I came.
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[horses braying]
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[tense music]
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So there's a civil war going on in Rome.
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[civilians screaming]
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Once again, it's about power.
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Um...
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It's two men.
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Julius Caesar, representing "the people,"
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and Pompey the Great,
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representing the Optimates or upper class.
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[Shelley] Cleopatra's father,
Ptolemy XII, had borrowed heavily,
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mainly from Pompey.
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Egypt's relationship to Rome is basically...
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that of a poor cousin.
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[Shelley] This is a very tricky time
for Cleopatra.
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She knows that her brother, Ptolemy XIII,
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is being hoodwinked by Pothinus.
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She's for diplomacy.
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She is for working with Pompey,
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to at least find out what he wants.
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But Pothinus and Ptolemy XIII
have other plans.
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Why did you reject Pompey's request?
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He's losing the war. Right?
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So abandoning our allies
in their time of need is a new policy?
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After everything he did
for Father in exile,
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where is your honor?
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With all due respect,
we sent him soldiers when he first asked,
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which clearly didn't help.
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His Highness
is making a prudent calculation.
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It would be unwise
to send good Egyptian soldiers
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into a bad Roman war.
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Father worked hard to ensure that Egypt
became the hand that feeds Rome,
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not just a mere colony.
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This prudent calculation you're making--
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Feeding Rome has left Egyptians
with nothing to eat.
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Which brings us to the matter
of the storehouses left open down south.
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What is there to eat in Alexandria?
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It would be dangerous
to get mixed up in Roman politics.
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We are already mixed up
in Rome's politics, Pothinus.
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[Sally-Ann]
The people who were advising Ptolemy XIII
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were really in control at this point.
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And, and their main aim
was to kill Cleopatra.
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[tense music]
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[Shelley] Pothinus is able to get...
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a faction of the Alexandrians on his side.
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And they stage a palace coup.
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This forces Cleopatra and Arsinoe to flee.
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[Shelley] She knows she has the support
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of the people
living in Memphis and Thebes.
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All of these people
were loyal to her father.
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[Shelley]
And she flees first to Upper Egypt.
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I'm going back to fight for my throne.
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[chuckles]
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With whose army?
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How many soldiers
can we amass from southern Egypt?
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Not enough.
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And ones you can trust, even less.
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[Cleopatra chuckles]
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Achillas will be commanding
your brother's army.
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You'll need men
who will not cower to his past glories.
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{\an8}I didn't think Pothinus
would move that quickly.
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You underestimated him.
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But it's hard to see a viper
in the tall grass
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unless you're a bird.
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{\an8}I'll go east to Syria.
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{\an8}My father still has friends there.
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Friends that know you to be his true heir.
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[chuckles]
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{\an8}[Islam] Cleopatra is raised in Alexandria.
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{\an8}It's part of her.
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{\an8}So being exiled was probably
quite a hurtful experience for her.
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And she would've been looking
to return as swiftly as possible.
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[Sally-Ann] Certainly, Cleopatra
isn't the kind of person who gives up.
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She's very much a fighter.
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[Shelley] Cleopatra is in Syria
for two years.
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In that time, she's able
to put together her own army.
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[Shelley] As long as she's alive,
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this seems the most strategic thing to do.
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She has the support
of the Egyptian people.
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She has the support
of the people in Syria.
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[Cleopatra grunts]
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- [Syrian soldier grunts]
- [swords clink]
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[Cleopatra yelling]
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She's probably feeling defiant.
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[both grunting]
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[Colleen] Ever since Cleopatra
is forced to flee Egypt,
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we can imagine her scheming
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about how to get back on the throne.
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[Colleen] And she is given
the perfect opportunity.
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In the Roman civil war,
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there's been a major battle
at Pharsalus in Greece.
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[Shelley] Julius Caesar
has defeated Pompey,
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his former son-in-law.
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Pompey flees to Egypt to ask for help.
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And Julius Caesar follows not long after.
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[Colleen] So Cleopatra returns to Egypt.
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If we target these northern defenses,
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do we leave ourselves vulnerable
at our eastern points?
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00:25:02,443 --> 00:25:05,363
Not if we station regiments here and here.
403
00:25:05,363 --> 00:25:06,323
Okay.
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That idiot Pompey
is headed to Ptolemy's war camp.
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If Caesar follows,
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he'll be sure to bring Rome's civil war
straight to our shores.
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00:25:13,123 --> 00:25:15,003
That would be political suicide.
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00:25:15,003 --> 00:25:18,723
Well, what if he wants to avenge
our earlier support of Pompey?
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[Arsinoe] So?
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Then we kill Pompey.
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00:25:22,643 --> 00:25:24,123
We're not killing Pompey.
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It's the easiest way
to prove our allegiance to Caesar.
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We're not killing Caesar's son-in-law.
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[Ammonios] Your Highness.
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[Cleopatra] We need to rebuild this part.
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[Colleen] The stakes are incredibly high.
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If Cleopatra does not gain
the favor of Julius Caesar,
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she might be exiled from Egypt forever,
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and permanently lose her throne.
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[tense music]
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Pompey lands.
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00:26:02,563 --> 00:26:05,083
And he is stabbed in the back.
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[Shelley] Pothinus has orchestrated this...
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and Pothinus also arranges
to have Pompey decapitated.
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Pothinus has persuaded Ptolemy XIII
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that this will put them
in the good graces of Julius Caesar.
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But they misunderstood
the Roman sense of honor.
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You tell me...
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who did this?
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00:26:37,683 --> 00:26:38,523
Huh?
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[Caesar breathes heavily]
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[Shelley] Pothinus and Ptolemy XIII
are not prepared
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for Julius Caesar's reaction.
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He is outraged that they would kill
someone who had been a statesman,
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someone who had been a co-leader
of the Roman Republic,
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and who was his former son-in-law.
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00:27:01,563 --> 00:27:04,083
[birds chirping]
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Julius Caesar's arrival in Alexandria
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provides Cleopatra
with the perfect opportunity
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for a new stratagem.
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00:27:19,003 --> 00:27:20,003
How do we play this?
442
00:27:21,123 --> 00:27:23,123
Unless you can resuscitate the dead,
I'm at a loss.
443
00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:26,123
I need an audience with him.
444
00:27:27,283 --> 00:27:29,283
That's a very dangerous idea.
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00:27:30,123 --> 00:27:32,163
He's a grieving general,
weary from battle,
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in need of an easy victory.
447
00:27:33,443 --> 00:27:34,643
I'm going to give him one.
448
00:27:35,803 --> 00:27:37,083
I'll figure something out.
449
00:27:38,403 --> 00:27:39,443
Thank you.
450
00:27:40,323 --> 00:27:43,243
[suspenseful music]
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[Islam] Caesar isn't just anybody.
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Caesar's the biggest celebrity
in the world.
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So when he arrives, it's big news.
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{\an8}He makes himself at home
in the royal palace in Alexandria,
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so we've immediately got
all of the siblings really worried
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that Caesar has arrived
and made himself at home
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in their palace, in their city.
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It's Cleopatra
who deals with it by saying,
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"I'll get back into my own palace.
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Maybe I can make an alliance with him."
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[knocking]
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Enter.
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00:28:30,883 --> 00:28:33,203
[approaching footsteps]
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00:28:37,003 --> 00:28:38,723
What is this?
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[Cleopatra] I apologize for the ruse,
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but it was the only way
to get an audience with you.
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[Jacquelyn]
Julius Caesar's interaction with Cleopatra
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is one of the more famous historic events
that's ever been recorded.
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But the exciting story
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of her being smuggled
in a carpet, uh, is very unlikely.
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00:29:01,523 --> 00:29:03,883
Even if Cleopatra was smuggled in,
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it would've been more likely
perhaps in a bag.
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00:29:06,363 --> 00:29:12,883
The source for the story
is a Greek historian, Plutarch,
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who lived 150 years after Cleopatra died.
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00:29:15,803 --> 00:29:17,683
He doesn't know.
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00:29:17,683 --> 00:29:20,883
There was a... a propaganda attempt
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to sway the Roman public
away from Cleopatra.
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So she now is this temptress, uh,
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as opposed to being this beautiful woman
that everybody was attracted to.
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00:29:32,243 --> 00:29:35,883
There has to be something
mystical about her.
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00:29:35,883 --> 00:29:39,003
There has to be something seductive,
482
00:29:39,003 --> 00:29:43,163
and seductive in a kind of evil way.
483
00:29:46,163 --> 00:29:47,003
Leave us.
484
00:29:49,683 --> 00:29:52,043
Well, you have your audience.
485
00:29:52,603 --> 00:29:54,603
On behalf of my late father and I,
486
00:29:55,523 --> 00:29:57,763
the great Ptolemy Auletes...
487
00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:02,323
please accept my deepest, deepest sympathy
488
00:30:02,323 --> 00:30:04,523
for the sad passing of the great Pompey.
489
00:30:06,643 --> 00:30:08,003
He and my father were dear friends...
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00:30:09,483 --> 00:30:11,443
which made him like a father to me.
491
00:30:13,003 --> 00:30:15,883
He showed us great kindness
while we were in exile in Rome.
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00:30:15,883 --> 00:30:17,723
And you repaid that kindness...
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with his death.
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00:30:20,163 --> 00:30:23,283
If I had been on Egypt's throne,
he would still be alive today.
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00:30:26,723 --> 00:30:28,323
I risked your wrath for him.
496
00:30:29,763 --> 00:30:33,083
We served Rome with our own soldiers.
497
00:30:34,363 --> 00:30:37,883
It was not a move against you
or ill towards Rome,
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00:30:37,883 --> 00:30:41,483
but a sign of my love and respect
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00:30:41,483 --> 00:30:43,763
for a man who was dear to me
like my father.
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I had planned
to bring him back home to Rome.
501
00:30:52,963 --> 00:30:54,163
Pardon him...
502
00:30:56,163 --> 00:30:57,803
in honor of his late wife.
503
00:30:59,163 --> 00:31:00,283
My daughter.
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00:31:02,243 --> 00:31:03,603
[Cleopatra] You'll remember...
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00:31:04,403 --> 00:31:05,483
we've met before.
506
00:31:07,643 --> 00:31:09,003
I do not recall.
507
00:31:10,563 --> 00:31:12,003
I was only a little girl then.
508
00:31:13,163 --> 00:31:14,883
Not the ruler that stands before you now.
509
00:31:14,883 --> 00:31:16,323
[laughs]
510
00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:22,563
Last I heard,
you'd been ousted from your throne.
511
00:31:23,403 --> 00:31:24,403
Maybe.
512
00:31:25,283 --> 00:31:28,283
But my father's will
names me co-ruler of Egypt.
513
00:31:29,243 --> 00:31:30,803
Then tell me this...
514
00:31:33,363 --> 00:31:34,723
Cleopatra...
515
00:31:37,083 --> 00:31:40,363
how do you hope to rule
when the Alexandrians oppose you?
516
00:31:42,803 --> 00:31:44,363
The Senate opposed you.
517
00:31:45,483 --> 00:31:46,723
And yet, here we are.
518
00:31:47,963 --> 00:31:48,923
[smirks]
519
00:31:58,083 --> 00:32:02,003
[Colleen] Julius Caesar,
used to running the affairs of Rome,
520
00:32:02,003 --> 00:32:03,803
meets Cleopatra,
521
00:32:03,803 --> 00:32:06,923
and it's... it's truly a meeting
of, of two great minds.
522
00:32:10,043 --> 00:32:15,203
[Islam] Cleopatra is this really
confident woman with great charisma.
523
00:32:15,203 --> 00:32:17,163
She was obviously a diplomat,
524
00:32:17,163 --> 00:32:19,403
and actually,
she's not bowing down to him.
525
00:32:20,603 --> 00:32:23,203
She's kind of shifting the power dynamic.
526
00:32:25,683 --> 00:32:31,283
[Sally-Ann] Julius Caesar is presented
with this young woman, who is strong.
527
00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:35,003
She was intelligent
and she was an African woman
528
00:32:35,003 --> 00:32:39,043
who saw herself not only as a ruler
but as a goddess as well.
529
00:32:39,043 --> 00:32:40,563
So she would've been very different
530
00:32:40,563 --> 00:32:43,563
to any other woman
that Julius Caesar would've met in Rome.
531
00:32:49,803 --> 00:32:53,243
[Caesar]
And that is my understanding of it.
532
00:32:53,243 --> 00:32:55,123
[laughs]
No.
533
00:32:55,123 --> 00:32:56,923
[chuckles]
Yes.
534
00:32:56,923 --> 00:32:58,843
If you want to understand that text,
535
00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:00,963
you need to read it
in the original language.
536
00:33:02,123 --> 00:33:05,723
I'm afraid I don't have the gift
of languages that you do.
537
00:33:05,723 --> 00:33:07,083
[laughs]
538
00:33:15,923 --> 00:33:16,763
Mm.
539
00:33:18,923 --> 00:33:19,883
Mm.
540
00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:23,083
[chuckles]
541
00:33:29,203 --> 00:33:30,723
[Colleen] Unlike Roman women,
542
00:33:30,723 --> 00:33:33,003
who, traditionally,
are expected to stay home
543
00:33:33,003 --> 00:33:36,523
and not take part in political affairs,
544
00:33:36,523 --> 00:33:39,723
Cleopatra was a world leader.
545
00:33:39,723 --> 00:33:44,123
[Colleen] And Julius Caesar can speak
to her of his military campaigns,
546
00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:48,203
of literature, of philosophy
on almost equal terms.
547
00:33:53,323 --> 00:33:55,323
[slow sensual music]
548
00:34:29,762 --> 00:34:32,242
We can imagine that it was true love,
549
00:34:32,242 --> 00:34:36,363
that it really was a meeting
of both mind and heart.
550
00:34:36,363 --> 00:34:38,682
On the other hand,
much of the relationship
551
00:34:38,682 --> 00:34:41,762
might've been tempered by strategy.
552
00:34:41,762 --> 00:34:45,523
Julius Caesar had something to gain
by assisting Cleopatra,
553
00:34:45,523 --> 00:34:49,043
and Cleopatra certainly
had much more to gain
554
00:34:49,043 --> 00:34:51,523
by allying herself with Julius Caesar.
555
00:34:59,242 --> 00:35:01,242
[suspenseful music]
556
00:35:05,843 --> 00:35:11,283
[Shelley]
Cleopatra wants Ptolemy XIII gone.
557
00:35:11,283 --> 00:35:14,043
She wants Pothinus gone,
558
00:35:14,043 --> 00:35:20,203
and she wants Arsinoe
kept under a very close watch.
559
00:35:21,683 --> 00:35:25,443
But mostly, she wants to be
on the throne by herself.
560
00:35:27,043 --> 00:35:30,443
[Shelley] Pothinus fears Cleopatra.
561
00:35:30,443 --> 00:35:36,363
He fears her ability
to make people loyal to her.
562
00:35:36,363 --> 00:35:39,363
And that includes Julius Caesar
and the Romans.
563
00:35:40,923 --> 00:35:46,603
Caesar seems to have wanted
to come and calm the situation down
564
00:35:46,603 --> 00:35:50,363
and try and, and put
the appropriate rulers on the throne.
565
00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,403
[crowd shouting]
566
00:35:54,123 --> 00:35:56,683
I don't really think
that Julius Caesar was ready
567
00:35:56,683 --> 00:35:59,723
for, for what met him
when he got to Alexandria.
568
00:36:00,323 --> 00:36:02,763
It's possible that the family
was more dysfunctional
569
00:36:02,763 --> 00:36:04,843
than he could ever have possibly imagined.
570
00:36:04,843 --> 00:36:06,923
Noble citizens of Egypt...
571
00:36:08,563 --> 00:36:12,923
I know I speak for all
when I say it is time for peace.
572
00:36:14,243 --> 00:36:17,723
I am the harbinger of that peace.
573
00:36:18,923 --> 00:36:21,763
So in accordance
with the last will and testament
574
00:36:22,443 --> 00:36:25,283
of Ptolemy Neos Dionysus...
575
00:36:26,683 --> 00:36:29,403
Rome acknowledges his daughter,
576
00:36:29,963 --> 00:36:34,603
Cleopatra Thea Philopator...
577
00:36:35,923 --> 00:36:37,443
and his eldest son,
578
00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:43,003
Ptolemy Theos Philopator...
579
00:36:44,763 --> 00:36:47,723
as co-rulers of Egypt.
580
00:36:48,803 --> 00:36:51,843
[Shelley] Caesar is a master diplomat.
581
00:36:51,843 --> 00:36:56,043
He decides that he is going to...
582
00:36:56,043 --> 00:36:59,643
follow the instructions
of Ptolemy XII's rule.
583
00:37:01,003 --> 00:37:03,523
He restores Cleopatra
584
00:37:04,203 --> 00:37:08,003
to the throne
as co-pharaoh with Ptolemy XIII.
585
00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:14,043
He gives some dominions to Arsinoe.
586
00:37:14,043 --> 00:37:15,443
In addition to this...
587
00:37:17,123 --> 00:37:21,443
and as a sign
of our unending love for you,
588
00:37:22,963 --> 00:37:24,603
Rome also bestows
589
00:37:24,603 --> 00:37:28,203
on his youngest daughter, Arsinoe,
590
00:37:28,923 --> 00:37:33,443
and youngest son, Ptolemy XIV,
591
00:37:34,283 --> 00:37:36,363
the region of Cyprus.
592
00:37:38,483 --> 00:37:39,563
Be grateful.
593
00:37:41,003 --> 00:37:42,243
[Caesar] Rome loves you.
594
00:37:43,483 --> 00:37:47,243
Caesar also reduces the debt
595
00:37:47,243 --> 00:37:51,043
that Egypt owes Rome.
596
00:37:54,803 --> 00:37:57,683
[Sally-Ann] We're not quite sure
how Cleopatra managed to do this,
597
00:37:57,683 --> 00:38:01,923
but actually, I would suggest
that she was strategically
598
00:38:01,923 --> 00:38:05,163
aligning herself with men
who have considerable amount of power.
599
00:38:05,723 --> 00:38:06,963
He seems too familiar.
600
00:38:06,963 --> 00:38:08,243
[laughs]
601
00:38:08,243 --> 00:38:09,643
- Happy?
- Very.
602
00:38:09,643 --> 00:38:11,683
Are you bedding my wife?
603
00:38:11,683 --> 00:38:13,443
[Ptolemy XIII breathes angrily]
604
00:38:13,443 --> 00:38:16,483
And there I was thinking
the Senate had all the theatrics.
605
00:38:17,043 --> 00:38:18,483
- [laughing]
- [chuckles softly]
606
00:38:19,163 --> 00:38:21,243
[sighs]
You're laughing at me.
607
00:38:21,243 --> 00:38:23,283
Disrespecting me in my own home.
608
00:38:23,283 --> 00:38:24,243
Calm down.
609
00:38:24,243 --> 00:38:26,803
Don't tell me to calm down!
610
00:38:26,803 --> 00:38:29,123
This is my home! Mine!
611
00:38:29,123 --> 00:38:33,763
And I call upon the people of Egypt
to riot against you and Rome!
612
00:38:35,563 --> 00:38:36,643
Well?
613
00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:41,203
[Caesar laughing]
614
00:38:43,923 --> 00:38:46,163
[tense music]
615
00:38:48,083 --> 00:38:49,123
Caesar.
616
00:38:50,523 --> 00:38:55,003
[Colleen] Unfortunately for Julius Caesar,
his plans come to naught.
617
00:38:55,003 --> 00:38:58,883
In fact, a civil war breaks out.
618
00:38:58,883 --> 00:39:00,843
The so-called Alexandrian War.
619
00:39:01,683 --> 00:39:05,163
[Colleen] On one side,
you have Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
620
00:39:05,163 --> 00:39:08,163
On the other, the eunuch Pothinus,
621
00:39:08,163 --> 00:39:11,643
Ptolemy XIII, and her sister, Arsinoe.
622
00:39:11,643 --> 00:39:13,363
[Jacquelyn] The city of Alexandria,
623
00:39:13,363 --> 00:39:17,203
during this four-month period
of these terrible wars,
624
00:39:17,203 --> 00:39:18,723
would've been very frightening.
625
00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:21,923
We have not only
professional soldiers engaging,
626
00:39:21,923 --> 00:39:23,723
but we also have guerrilla warfare.
627
00:39:23,723 --> 00:39:24,923
We have rioting.
628
00:39:24,923 --> 00:39:28,763
We have Romans
burning big chunks of the city.
629
00:39:28,763 --> 00:39:34,443
This would have been catastrophic
and terrifying for pretty much everyone.
630
00:39:34,443 --> 00:39:38,323
[Ammonios] We've lost count of the dead
on the streets of Memphis and Alexandria.
631
00:39:39,283 --> 00:39:41,603
The riots have spread south to Thebes.
632
00:39:42,203 --> 00:39:44,843
And the storehouses,
which were left unguarded,
633
00:39:44,843 --> 00:39:45,763
have been emptied.
634
00:39:45,763 --> 00:39:48,683
If we do not increase taxation
in Alexandria,
635
00:39:49,523 --> 00:39:52,643
we'll not be able to sustain this siege
and Egypt will collapse.
636
00:39:55,203 --> 00:39:57,523
[Colleen] One of the greatest losses
637
00:39:57,523 --> 00:40:00,963
is the burning
of the library of Alexandria.
638
00:40:01,883 --> 00:40:05,483
[Sally-Ann] This library
had taken 300 years to build up.
639
00:40:05,483 --> 00:40:09,923
So we lost this huge resource effectively
640
00:40:09,923 --> 00:40:11,603
because of sibling rivalry.
641
00:40:13,923 --> 00:40:15,923
[Colleen] During the course
of this conflict,
642
00:40:15,923 --> 00:40:17,923
Cleopatra's sister Arsinoe
643
00:40:17,923 --> 00:40:20,723
marshals her own forces.
644
00:40:20,723 --> 00:40:21,763
Arsinoe?
645
00:40:22,403 --> 00:40:24,283
She's taken control of the Egyptian army.
646
00:40:24,283 --> 00:40:26,243
Well, that's impossible. Someone's lying.
647
00:40:26,243 --> 00:40:28,963
She ordered the death of Achillas
and declared herself ruler.
648
00:40:29,763 --> 00:40:31,683
She has the support of the Alexandrians.
649
00:40:31,683 --> 00:40:32,723
[groans]
650
00:40:33,243 --> 00:40:35,003
Come. Come.
651
00:40:35,003 --> 00:40:36,003
[Cleopatra groans]
652
00:40:38,323 --> 00:40:40,763
[Cleopatra retching]
653
00:40:42,563 --> 00:40:43,443
[Cleopatra groans]
654
00:40:45,483 --> 00:40:46,523
- [Charmion] Oh.
- [retches]
655
00:40:47,443 --> 00:40:48,603
[Cleopatra grunts]
656
00:40:49,203 --> 00:40:51,443
[breathing heavily]
657
00:40:52,163 --> 00:40:53,083
Could I be...
658
00:40:54,763 --> 00:40:56,083
I'll bring some water.
659
00:40:57,083 --> 00:40:59,043
[panting]
660
00:41:02,883 --> 00:41:04,243
[Cleopatra gasps]
661
00:41:06,083 --> 00:41:08,123
The timing couldn't be more perfect.
662
00:41:09,043 --> 00:41:14,683
[Jacquelyn] Cleopatra is aware
that having a child with Julius Caesar
663
00:41:14,683 --> 00:41:20,203
is an ace in the game of poker
that she's trying to play with Rome.
664
00:41:20,203 --> 00:41:22,963
Cleopatra carries within her womb
665
00:41:23,683 --> 00:41:27,563
the potential to unite Egypt and Rome.
666
00:41:29,523 --> 00:41:33,003
[Islam] It's an unimaginably
powerful child.
667
00:41:33,003 --> 00:41:36,363
These are two
of the greatest civilizations,
668
00:41:36,363 --> 00:41:38,883
two of the greatest cities in the world
669
00:41:38,883 --> 00:41:43,083
embodied in a single human being.
670
00:41:43,083 --> 00:41:45,443
And that is momentous.
671
00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:50,283
[Shelley] Meanwhile,
the Alexandrian war was a disaster
672
00:41:50,283 --> 00:41:53,363
for Ptolemy XIII and Arsinoe.
673
00:41:53,363 --> 00:41:57,403
When Arsinoe joins forces
against Julius Caesar...
674
00:41:58,603 --> 00:41:59,683
and loses,
675
00:42:00,243 --> 00:42:03,683
she's captured
and imprisoned in the palace.
676
00:42:05,283 --> 00:42:10,843
Ptolemy was dressed in gold armor
and is aboard a ship.
677
00:42:14,443 --> 00:42:18,803
[Shelley] He either falls overboard
or he's pushed,
678
00:42:19,683 --> 00:42:23,403
and the weight of the armor
causes him to drown.
679
00:42:27,483 --> 00:42:29,603
[Ammonios] We have searched
the breadth of the Nile.
680
00:42:29,603 --> 00:42:31,923
We have to accept
that he's been swept out to sea.
681
00:42:34,163 --> 00:42:35,403
I don't know.
682
00:42:38,843 --> 00:42:40,723
Couldn't he have been rescued
by a loyalist?
683
00:42:41,283 --> 00:42:42,283
No.
684
00:42:43,123 --> 00:42:44,923
Your Highness, you have to stop this.
685
00:42:45,803 --> 00:42:47,283
He's no longer a threat.
686
00:42:49,523 --> 00:42:52,243
[pensive music]
687
00:42:52,243 --> 00:42:55,163
[Shelley] Cleopatra has won.
688
00:42:57,203 --> 00:43:01,043
And she knows that...
689
00:43:02,323 --> 00:43:05,003
as long as she's alive,
690
00:43:05,883 --> 00:43:07,403
she is the pharaoh.
691
00:43:08,003 --> 00:43:09,363
Did you lose your way?
692
00:43:10,123 --> 00:43:11,043
No.
693
00:43:12,243 --> 00:43:13,203
You?
694
00:43:16,283 --> 00:43:17,603
What do you want?
695
00:43:23,643 --> 00:43:25,483
To understand why.
696
00:43:26,483 --> 00:43:27,643
Why not?
697
00:43:31,043 --> 00:43:32,483
[Arsinoe] You didn't think...
698
00:43:33,083 --> 00:43:36,323
I deserved to rule, did you?
699
00:43:37,883 --> 00:43:41,683
{\an8}Little Arsinoe,
easily dismissed by everyone.
700
00:43:41,683 --> 00:43:44,083
{\an8}I deserve it just as much as you,
if not more.
701
00:43:44,923 --> 00:43:46,363
Rome gave you Cyprus--
702
00:43:46,363 --> 00:43:47,523
But I wanted Egypt!
703
00:43:48,163 --> 00:43:50,443
Not some small province
floating out at sea.
704
00:43:51,283 --> 00:43:52,763
I want my birthright.
705
00:43:55,723 --> 00:43:57,883
[Arsinoe] Your Caesar's taking me to Rome.
706
00:43:57,883 --> 00:43:59,283
To put you to death.
707
00:43:59,283 --> 00:44:01,163
I always thought it was better to die,
708
00:44:01,163 --> 00:44:02,723
knowing you were meeting death
709
00:44:02,723 --> 00:44:05,203
than to wake up
in the afterlife surprised.
710
00:44:05,763 --> 00:44:06,723
[scoffs]
711
00:44:07,403 --> 00:44:09,443
- You betrayed me.
- You need a thicker skin!
712
00:44:09,443 --> 00:44:11,123
Stop interrupting me.
713
00:44:11,123 --> 00:44:12,643
I'm sorry.
714
00:44:13,203 --> 00:44:17,203
I didn't realize
you were the one short on time.
715
00:44:22,323 --> 00:44:23,723
If I had the chance...
716
00:44:25,443 --> 00:44:26,563
I'd do it again.
717
00:44:28,323 --> 00:44:29,763
You won't have the chance.
718
00:44:38,083 --> 00:44:40,803
As Julius Caesar departs for Rome,
719
00:44:40,803 --> 00:44:44,643
Cleopatra is nearly seven months pregnant.
720
00:44:45,323 --> 00:44:49,123
She is the undisputed queen of Egypt.
721
00:44:49,123 --> 00:44:51,403
[Colleen] Unfortunately for Cleopatra,
722
00:44:51,403 --> 00:44:53,483
she has another brother named Ptolemy.
723
00:44:53,483 --> 00:44:56,323
And when Julius Caesar leaves for Rome,
724
00:44:56,323 --> 00:44:59,243
she is indeed married
to another younger brother,
725
00:44:59,243 --> 00:45:02,163
with whom she is expected
to share the throne of Egypt.
726
00:45:06,883 --> 00:45:10,403
I've left you a big stick
in case he steps out of line.
727
00:45:10,403 --> 00:45:11,323
Hm.
728
00:45:12,643 --> 00:45:14,443
Come back and see your son soon.
729
00:45:33,483 --> 00:45:35,123
This is goodbye, sister.
730
00:45:40,723 --> 00:45:41,803
[gasps]
731
00:45:45,723 --> 00:45:46,923
Maybe.
732
00:45:48,283 --> 00:45:50,483
There's a lot of distance
from here to Rome.
733
00:45:55,243 --> 00:46:00,883
[Shelley] Cleopatra has exacted a promise
from Julius Caesar
734
00:46:00,883 --> 00:46:04,923
that he will execute Arsinoe
as a traitor to Rome.
735
00:46:07,763 --> 00:46:09,243
That doesn't happen.
736
00:46:09,243 --> 00:46:11,403
{\an8}[closing theme music]