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[tense music]
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[hissing]
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[screeching]
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[narrator] Cleopatra.
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African queen.
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Mother to a nation of millions.
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A living, breathing Egyptian goddess,
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both feared and adored.
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-But she is also human.
- [screams]
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Women must face dangers no man ever will.
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Childbirth in ancient times
is at the mercy of the gods.
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[screaming]
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A pharaoh and her child
can die just as easily as any peasant.
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[cries]
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[screaming]
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[crying]
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The healthy boy she bears
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could one day unite
the most powerful nations on earth.
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Rome and Egypt.
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Cleopatra, the mother of two nations,
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securing her position,
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and her immortality.
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But fortune doesn't always favor the bold.
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[theme music]
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[upbeat music]
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[enticing music]
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[enticing music continues]
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[Colleen] Cleopatra's story
is so significant
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{\an8}because it comes at a true turning point
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{\an8}in the history of the ancient world.
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[enticing music]
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[Islam] Cleopatra gives birth
to Julius Caesar's child
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in her early 20's, probably around 22.
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{\an8}And his name, Caesarion, Little Caesar.
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{\an8}Perfect name.
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[Islam] Caesarion embodies
two great cultures,
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two great civilizations.
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There is no other child
like him in the world.
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{\an8}It was not a big deal
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{\an8}that she was not married
to the baby's father.
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[Debora] And considering
that she was a ruler
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and then the baby's father is a ruler,
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this child could be
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the one that really unites Rome and Egypt.
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[Colleen] With the birth of Caesarion,
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Cleopatra really has a chance
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to continue her dynasty.
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{\an8}After all of the problems
since Cleopatra returned to Egypt,
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{\an8}things have finally calmed down.
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[screeches]
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[Colleen] Ptolemy, her husband
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and her brother is now deceased.
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Not a sibling that Cleopatra
has to worry about any longer.
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She's now in a very strong position.
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[screeching]
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Except...
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Cleopatra has a problem.
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Cleopatra's problem is
her sister, Arsinoe.
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[foreboding music]
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[suspenseful music]
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[Colleen] After Julius Caesar
captures Arsinoe,
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he brings her back to Rome
to be part of his triumph.
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Part of the official celebration
of his victory in Egypt.
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{\an8}Cleopatra has exacted a promise
from Julius Caesar
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that he will kill her.
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[rhythmic thumping]
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[Shelley] She would have been about 17.
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He parades Arsinoe.
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[Shelley]
And the people of Rome are appalled.
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She's truly a child.
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[Shelley]
Why are you humiliating her this way?
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[tense music]
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So the people rise up against Caesar.
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And so he thinks better of executing her.
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[blowing air]
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[Colleen]
The people of Rome revere Caesar.
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But if they disagree
with one of his choices,
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he has to walk that line.
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Caesar commands
that Arsinoe's life be spared.
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{\an8}[Colleen] She's exiled to what is now
modern-day Turkey at the city of Ephesus.
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[ominous music]
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Caesar really betrays Cleopatra.
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She assumes
that her sister Arsinoe is dead
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and no longer a threat to her throne.
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[tense music]
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[bird chirps]
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When Cleopatra learns
that Arsinoe is still alive,
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she is livid.
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Because she knows
the threat she represents.
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She knows you can't trust your siblings.
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You can't trust them.
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[Shelley] Cleopatra's, like,
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"Just give me a moment
to think of a plan."
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And that's the thing about Cleopatra.
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She always has a plan.
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[indistinct chatter]
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The baby... probably about a year old,
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when she decides
to take Caesarion to Rome,
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hoping, praying,
that Caesar will claim paternity,
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will claim Caesarion as his son,
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but more importantly, as his heir.
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[Shelley] This will lend legitimacy
not just to Caesarion,
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but also to Cleopatra.
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And she, she wants that,
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but she mostly wants it for Caesarion.
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[Colleen] If Julius Caesar
recognizes Caesarion as his son,
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this allows Cleopatra
to sidestep Arsinoe entirely.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Shelley] She has with her,
her trusted confidantes,
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Charmion and Iras.
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She has with her,
her second brother-husband,
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Ptolemy the XIV,
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maybe feeling like he was a third wheel.
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Cleopatra was in Rome to be with Caesar,
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he's got to come along
because, you know, he's a co-pharaoh.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Roman hospitality
has left a lot to be desired.
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[snorts]
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It's just a show of strength.
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If Egypt was in power...
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I'd do the same thing.
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- [coughs]
- Ooh!
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[rhythmic thumping]
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[Islam] Rome, at this stage,
is the most powerful of empires.
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Rome has made advances
in all sorts of fields,
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{\an8}from architecture to arts,
becoming the capital of the world.
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{\an8}And their empire is expanded.
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{\an8}It's going around
what we would today term Western Europe.
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{\an8}It's going all the way to Asia.
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It's powerful.
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[intense music]
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[Islam] Julius Caesar
is the world's biggest celebrity.
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He's also a hero to many of the Romans.
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Experience of life, experience of battle.
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It's a sign of a powerful man.
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Let's show them the Pharoah of Egypt.
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[Cleopatra] Okay. Are you ready?
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Eyes.
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- Rome welcomes you.
- [Caesarion coughs]
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Ah. Caesar.
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- Could you...
- Oh, my boy.
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[Cleopatra] There we go.
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Thank you.
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[bird squawking]
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["Unbreakable" playing]
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[Colleen] When Cleopatra is in Rome,
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Caesar installs her, their child,
and their entourage,
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in his garden villa on the Janiculum Hill.
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[Shelley] Caesar had a Roman wife.
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In Cleopatra's mind, "It's fine."
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Caesar was known for his affairs.
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The fact that he was married
wouldn't have bothered Cleopatra.
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And although monogamy
was expected on the high political level
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that we're talking about
with Caesar and Cleopatra,
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very different rules applied.
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[Cleopatra] Oh, who's that?
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Well, oh, who is this?
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Who do I have here?
[Caesar gasps]
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Who do I have here?
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- [chuckles]
- Hi, you.
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[Shelley] United by this child,
it means they are a partnership.
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[Caesarion laughs]
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[Cleopatra] Careful.
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He's not used to rough play.
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Well, that is what fathers are for.
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[chuckles]
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He has your chin.
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Well, look at that.
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Strong. A Roman jaw.
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[Cleopatra chuckles]
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- Feeding time.
- Oh...
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- [Caesar] Already?
- [Iras] Yeah.
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[Caesarion laughs]
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You can have him all
to yourself after lunch.
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Maybe even show him the Senate.
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[small chuckle]
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Maybe.
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I'm glad you brought him.
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I promised I would.
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And you made me a promise too.
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Did I?
[sighs]
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Why is Arsinoe still alive?
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Because the Roman public decreed it.
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And she is no longer a threat.
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To you.
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The only way out of that temple
is through me
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or with an army.
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She's not likely to get either.
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We underestimated her once.
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You were naked.
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I was distracted.
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- And are you not distracted now?
- What is this?
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You made a promise to me.
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Any promise I made to you
does not supersede
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a promise I make to the Roman people.
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{\an8}One of the things that would have
attracted Cleopatra to Julius Caesar
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{\an8}is he was a very savvy
political power player.
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And this is key and inherent
to the DNA of being a Ptolemy.
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[Jacquelyn] She would have found in him
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an equal who valued, uh,
playing with power
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in the way
that she had been raised to as an infant.
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[birds chirping]
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♪ I tried to hide ♪
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[Caesar] Anything you'd like to share?
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♪ But I'm found ♪
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♪ Show me a light... ♪
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[Sally-Ann]
We see that she's very strategic.
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Cleopatra is focusing on men
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who can bring something
to the relationship.
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♪ Me ♪
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♪ Are you afraid ♪
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♪ Of what's inside of me ♪
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I missed you.
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♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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Given the fluidity of sexuality
in ancient Egypt,
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Julius Caesar is probably not
Cleopatra's first sexual partner.
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♪ And break ♪
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♪ I am unbreakable... ♪
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[Colleen] It really was a meeting
of both mind and heart,
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of two powerful and strong individuals.
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[Jacquelyn] He would never have met
a woman like Cleopatra
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with complete control and confidence
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in her own possession
of her sexuality and her identity.
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[Caesar breathes deeply]
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He would have been overwhelmed.
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[sighs]
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♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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[insects chirping]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Cleopatra chuckles]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Caesar laughing]
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Cleopatra is probably one of the best
educated women in the Mediterranean.
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She speaks multiple languages,
she's incredibly sophisticated.
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[Jacquelyn] She has traveled extensively.
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She has learned at the feet
of some of the best minds of the world
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in one of the most sophisticated
intellectual capitals of the world.
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- [laughs]
- [clinks]
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Rome, on the other hand, was just a baby.
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A young, growing, right, empire.
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This is a city that was founded
by farmer-soldiers.
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[Shelley] They were down-to-earth,
sturdy people.
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[Cleopatra laughs]
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[indistinct chatter]
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The Roman power system
is very male-oriented,
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and Cleopatra's reputation becomes damaged
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because she is not what the Romans expect
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of a proper woman at all.
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[Jacquelyn] Egypt's women
had almost equal rights
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to men under the law.
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Women could choose who they married,
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they chose who they divorced,
they could start businesses,
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they kept their own property.
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Women in Rome
were supposed to stay at home.
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Especially elite, high-class women.
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Egypt's women did not need
to conform to that idea.
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[Shelley] And the Roman male elite
are disgusted by her
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because she's different,
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because she's foreign.
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Caesar!
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What a positively striking symbol
of Egypt she is.
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Ripe and ready for the plucking.
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[laughter]
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Is this the respect
Rome affords its women?
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"Ripe and ready for the plucking"?
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Cicero, even if I was,
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one wonders
if you could even find your tool.
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[laughter]
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[Colleen] Alongside Julius Caesar,
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Mark Antony is one of Rome's
most prominent Generals.
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We know that he was a bit more
of a hedonist than Julius Caesar.
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He seems to be
a little less interested in philosophy
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and more interested in drinking parties.
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[Islam] Cicero, this important
Roman senator,
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dislikes Cleopatra.
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And there is a letter where he says,
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"She's insolent and arrogant, and I..."
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He says, "I hate her."
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I meant no disrespect.
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I forgive you.
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It's not every day Rome welcomes a Queen.
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Rome has never had
and never will have a queen.
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And whilst I have the utmost respect
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for your ancient civilization,
that's just it.
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It's ancient.
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Rome is the future.
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There is no future without the past.
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There is no Rome without Egypt.
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Are you seriously suggesting
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that we would not have existed
without you?
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[Cleopatra] Hm.
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I'll leave you to ponder that.
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[sucks fingers]
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[Caesar] Finally!
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A guest who actually elevates
the conversation.
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- [laughter]
- [Caesar] A toast to Cleopatra!
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- [Mark Antony] At last...
- [laughs]
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...someone who has bested Cicero!
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[laughter]
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Rome was against the idea
of a woman being a ruler.
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It's that simple.
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[upbeat music]
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- [Jacquelyn] Rome is a republic.
- [chuckles]
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It is ruled by a group of men
in a semi-democratic rule.
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Egypt, on the other hand,
has been dynastically ruled
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by a singular or double ruler
for thousands of years.
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These two systems of government
couldn't be more different.
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Rome was one of the earliest examples
of representative government,
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and they prided themselves
on their republican roots.
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This notion of democracy
characterized Rome at the time.
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[indistinct chattering]
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[Shelley] When Julius Caesar returns
from the Alexandrian War,
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the Senate is so grateful
for all that he's done,
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that the Senate declares him Dictator.
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[Islam] The idea of a dictator
is not how we understand it today
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in terms of unlimited power
and unlimited time.
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A dictator was still a ruler
who had a limited term, a few years.
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[Cleopatra] What's this?
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[Caesar] Well, this is the public library.
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Instead of one door
why not have several open archways?
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That way, you have several points
of entry into the building.
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[Sally-Ann]
She brings a whole new dimension
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to anything that happens
around Julius Caesar at this time
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because all eyes are on him
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and ultimately, all eyes are on her.
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Perfect.
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[laughs]
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How about this?
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Hm.
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It seems a lot of work.
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[laughter]
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[Shelley] Julius Caesar,
under Cleopatra's influence,
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was planning to build a library in Rome.
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It's similar to the one
that was damaged in Alexandria.
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[mumbles]
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[Colleen] Julius Caesar also adjusts
the Roman calendar.
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The ancient Egyptians
were consummate astronomers,
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and they had created
a very effective solar-based calendar.
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Twelve months of the year,
each month with 30 days,
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and they had five days at the end
to create a year of 365 days.
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The origin of our calendar
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and the one that Julius Caesar adopts
when Cleopatra visits Rome.
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[papers rustling]
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[Shelley] Cleopatra saw Caesar's openness
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to reforming the calendar,
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to building a library
as proof that she could mold him,
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as well as mold the City of Rome.
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The fact that she exerts so much influence
over Julius Caesar during her visit
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breeds a tremendous amount of resentment.
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[Shelley] There was the rumor
that Caesar wants to move the capital,
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from Rome to Alexandria.
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Also that Caesar
is going to fashion himself
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as a polygamist,
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so then he can have a Roman wife,
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he can have an Egyptian wife,
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he can have a Greek wife.
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[breathes heavily]
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He's now in bed, literally,
both metaphorically and literally
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with somebody from a foreign country
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and a country that was dependent on Rome.
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This power battles between Egypt and Rome,
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it's sort of now been flipped
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and Cleopatra was making all the calls.
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[Shelley] He erects a statue made of gold.
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And it's dedicated to Isis slash Venus.
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But it's in the likeness of Cleopatra.
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The Romans did not like the idea
of turning people into gods.
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Most Romans were probably appalled.
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They believed she must have had
some kind of control or power over him.
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[Shelley] But the truth of the matter is,
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she's not entirely happy.
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She doesn't get 100 percent
of what she wants.
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[Colleen] One of Cleopatra's main goals
in going to Rome
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is to have Julius Caesar
recognize his son Caesarion.
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That is one thing
that Cleopatra does not accomplish.
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[soft music]
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[bird screeches]
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[Sally-Ann] Cleopatra returns to Egypt
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because she'd been away
from her own country for so long.
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[Shelley] Cleopatra feels very close
to the, uh, Egyptian people.
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And she wants the Egyptian people
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to know that she cares about them
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and that they are important to her.
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[delicate music]
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While Cleopatra is back in Egypt,
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tensions continue to rise in Rome.
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[tense music]
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[Colleen] In 44 BCE,
Julius Caesar requests
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to be appointed dictator for life.
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There had been
so much political instability
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that the Senate grants his request.
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[Colleen] He is now dictator
for the remainder of his life.
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[intense music]
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He is at, sort of,
the height of his power,
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but that also means
that he's also at a tipping point.
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[tense music]
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[Colleen] Julius Caesar is the first Roman
to be appointed dictator for life.
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He puts his portrait on coinage.
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He wears purple robes,
sits in ornate thrones,
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and even has a statue
dedicated to himself as a god.
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[Colleen] Romans begin to get the sense
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that Julius Caesar
wants to be king to Cleopatra's queen,
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and this idea is anathema
to Republican Rome.
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It's political suicide
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to try to become explicitly a king.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Islam] The Lupercalia Festival
is a prime chance for Julius Caesar
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to show the people
the kind of person he is.
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[Islam] A humble person
who doesn't want to be the king.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Mark Antony is essentially a commoner
who's risen through the ranks
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to become this important figure
in the Roman army
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and to become somebody
who's very much trusted by Julius Caesar.
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[Shelley] Mark Antony approaches him
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with a diadem, a crown.
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[crowd chattering]
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[Mark Antony] Hey.
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[suspenseful music]
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[tense music]
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00:25:26,723 --> 00:25:28,923
- [crowd cheering]
- [laughing]
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[Caesar] Yeah!
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[crowd cheering]
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The calendar is not the only thing
he's trying to change.
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[crowd cheering]
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The people burst out in approval.
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"Yay! See? He doesn't wanna be king."
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[crowd cheering]
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[Islam] But for some others, no,
this is a moment where
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it's becoming clear
that he's cooking something up.
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[Sally-Ann] He was separating himself
from the other elite
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and almost starting to take control.
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[Colleen] A faction of senators
see Caesar be made dictator for life
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as an affront
to the republican values of Rome.
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[tense music]
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[soft music]
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Cleopatra comes for the second time
to Rome in 44 BCE.
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[soft tense music]
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[Sally-Ann] When she comes back,
she needs to be extremely careful
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about the position
that she finds herself in.
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[Caesar exhales]
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[Islam] Every day that passes
in Caesarion's life,
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he's becoming more of a threat to Rome.
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The older he gets,
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the more likely Cleopatra is to raise him
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as the future king, an emperor.
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[Shelley] She wanted Caesarion
to be recognized by Julius Caesar
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and to be written
into his will as his heir.
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The number one thing
that Caesarion is to her
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is an ace in that hand of poker
that she's playing from,
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if Julius Caesar
is able to hold onto his power.
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[Colleen] Because of Julius Caesar's
popularity with the people
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and his growing power,
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the political elite are threatened
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and they begin to conspire against him.
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These politicians are really concerned
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that Caesar is going to become an autocrat
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because of the influence of Cleopatra.
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[Shelley] Cleopatra's presence in Rome
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gives the conspirators
the ammunition they need.
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"Hey. Look, look who's here.
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Why is she back here?"
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Look!
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[screeches]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Shelley] On the morning of March 15th,
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Julius Caesar
is making his way to the Senate.
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[ominous music]
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Mark Antony is with him.
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[shouts]
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♪ If I get it started I'ma finish ♪
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- [grunts]
- [knife pierces flesh]
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[pained grunt]
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There's some discrepancy
about who stabs him first.
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[grunts]
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And... he dies.
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[crowd clamoring]
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[clamoring continues]
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[Cleopatra] Charmion, what's going on?
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They killed him.
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They killed Caesar.
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[Islam] Fifteenth of March, 44 BC,
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he's stabbed dozens of times.
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What do you mean?
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It's barbaric.
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The Senate, they killed him.
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That can't be.
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[inhales]
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00:29:27,003 --> 00:29:28,203
That can't be.
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00:29:29,003 --> 00:29:30,683
Why, why...
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Why would they do that?
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Why would they...
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If they loved him so much, why would...
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Why would they let the Senate kill him?
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Why? Why, why would they do that?
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We need to go
before they break down the doors.
498
00:29:43,243 --> 00:29:45,083
No, no one is breaking down the doors!
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No one is breaking down the doors.
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We're staying.
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Until I've heard...
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Until I've heard Caesar's will read,
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we're staying.
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I want public recognition for my son.
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He deserves that.
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I deserve that.
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[Shelley] The news knocks
the wind out of her.
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Whoever has murdered Julius Caesar
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will certainly want to murder his son.
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[Sally-Ann] Her and her son's life
were under threat.
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She is, effectively, in a foreign country.
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She doesn't have any immediate protection.
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She was highly vulnerable
in a vulnerable position.
514
00:30:42,563 --> 00:30:43,763
We're with you.
515
00:30:45,163 --> 00:30:48,563
[Cleopatra] I want to find out
what is in that will.
516
00:30:49,163 --> 00:30:53,083
Okay, okay. Okay.
517
00:30:54,483 --> 00:30:55,483
[sighs]
518
00:30:59,483 --> 00:31:00,403
Bye.
519
00:31:00,403 --> 00:31:01,923
[sighs]
520
00:31:05,203 --> 00:31:07,163
[Colleen] With Julius Caesar dead,
521
00:31:07,163 --> 00:31:11,163
Cleopatra is in some ways,
back to square one,
522
00:31:11,163 --> 00:31:15,723
forced to reassess
how to maintain her power,
523
00:31:15,723 --> 00:31:18,123
how to maintain her position.
524
00:31:18,123 --> 00:31:21,363
She needs to push Caesarion
into a position of leadership.
525
00:31:21,363 --> 00:31:26,843
Someone close to them
will be named as Caesar's heir.
526
00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:28,963
Considering his connections
with the Senate,
527
00:31:28,963 --> 00:31:32,003
and how long he had loyally served
alongside Caesar,
528
00:31:32,003 --> 00:31:35,843
Mark Antony had some expectation,
realistic or not,
529
00:31:35,843 --> 00:31:38,203
that he might be the great man's heir.
530
00:31:38,203 --> 00:31:41,763
Cleopatra expects
that this is gonna be Caesarion.
531
00:31:41,763 --> 00:31:44,243
[soft tense music]
532
00:31:44,243 --> 00:31:47,043
[Mark Antony]
Octavian, Caesar's great nephew.
533
00:31:47,963 --> 00:31:49,203
He named him heir.
534
00:31:50,243 --> 00:31:52,363
Why would he name someone
no one has ever met
535
00:31:52,363 --> 00:31:54,323
when he has an heir?
536
00:31:55,603 --> 00:31:57,963
- Did you see for yourself?
- I did.
537
00:31:58,723 --> 00:32:00,203
Caesar has a son.
538
00:32:00,803 --> 00:32:02,563
A son that I birthed.
539
00:32:03,403 --> 00:32:04,643
A legitimate heir.
540
00:32:06,563 --> 00:32:07,963
I need to speak to the Senate.
541
00:32:08,843 --> 00:32:12,083
What matters is what Caesar wrote
and he wrote that.
542
00:32:15,483 --> 00:32:17,003
You were like a son to him.
543
00:32:18,483 --> 00:32:19,643
What did he leave you?
544
00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:32,283
[clears throat]
545
00:32:33,363 --> 00:32:35,243
There's a gathering at the Senate.
546
00:32:36,163 --> 00:32:37,763
[inhales]
I need to be there.
547
00:32:47,563 --> 00:32:48,523
Iras?
548
00:32:49,123 --> 00:32:53,643
[Shelley] So it's shocking to her
that here is his natural son
549
00:32:53,643 --> 00:32:56,443
who is not named as an heir.
550
00:32:58,283 --> 00:33:02,363
[Colleen] We might assume
that if Octavian inherits Caesar's wealth,
551
00:33:02,363 --> 00:33:04,603
that he's also going
to inherit his office.
552
00:33:04,603 --> 00:33:08,243
But Republican Rome
has a representative government
553
00:33:08,243 --> 00:33:11,403
and there are still
other power players in the mix.
554
00:33:13,083 --> 00:33:18,643
[Shelley] Word is sent to Octavian
to tell him that he is the heir.
555
00:33:21,323 --> 00:33:26,843
Mark Antony tries
to gather his supporters,
556
00:33:26,843 --> 00:33:31,603
so there's gonna be a little bit
of a power play and some saber rattling.
557
00:33:33,123 --> 00:33:37,403
[Colleen] Cleopatra departs Rome
after Caesar's assassination.
558
00:33:37,403 --> 00:33:42,483
We can imagine
that she is devastated by her loss.
559
00:33:42,483 --> 00:33:46,243
She's not only lost a lover and a friend,
560
00:33:46,243 --> 00:33:50,203
but also her main political alliance.
561
00:33:50,203 --> 00:33:53,483
[soft tense music]
562
00:33:53,483 --> 00:33:57,323
[Colleen] Caesar's death
is not Cleopatra's only problem.
563
00:33:58,843 --> 00:34:00,203
[keys jingling]
564
00:34:00,203 --> 00:34:06,123
[Shelley] Her sister Arsinoe,
who is supposed to be imprisoned.
565
00:34:06,123 --> 00:34:10,403
However, she makes an alliance
with the governor of Cyprus,
566
00:34:11,163 --> 00:34:13,722
who breaks her out.
567
00:34:13,722 --> 00:34:17,083
Because of her alliance
with the governor of Cyprus,
568
00:34:17,083 --> 00:34:18,843
Arsinoe is freed from prison.
569
00:34:19,483 --> 00:34:23,083
This enables her
to conspire with her brother Ptolemy
570
00:34:23,083 --> 00:34:24,722
against Cleopatra
571
00:34:24,722 --> 00:34:26,963
in an attempt to gain the throne.
572
00:34:28,483 --> 00:34:32,722
[insects chirping]
573
00:34:37,843 --> 00:34:41,323
Why am I learning about Arsinoe
and the Cyprian Governor
574
00:34:41,323 --> 00:34:43,242
from a bureaucrat's wife?
575
00:34:46,523 --> 00:34:49,123
Maybe I should hire her
as an advisor instead.
576
00:34:49,123 --> 00:34:50,242
[Cleopatra snorts]
577
00:34:50,242 --> 00:34:51,682
[Ammonios] I wouldn't.
578
00:34:51,682 --> 00:34:54,523
She gives away
as much information as she gets.
579
00:34:56,043 --> 00:34:57,123
And we let her?
580
00:34:57,843 --> 00:35:00,323
We give her enough bait to lure a catch.
581
00:35:01,963 --> 00:35:03,763
But we never take our eyes off her.
582
00:35:05,683 --> 00:35:06,803
Understood.
583
00:35:09,363 --> 00:35:14,443
The only way out of that temple
is through me or with an army.
584
00:35:16,563 --> 00:35:17,843
Well, she's got an army.
585
00:35:17,843 --> 00:35:20,283
Uh, trying to get an army.
586
00:35:22,723 --> 00:35:24,283
How worried should I be?
587
00:35:25,203 --> 00:35:27,723
I'll let you know
when it's time to be on the offensive.
588
00:35:27,723 --> 00:35:28,723
[taps]
589
00:35:29,643 --> 00:35:31,043
Make it happen.
590
00:35:32,003 --> 00:35:35,563
Cleopatra could have had Arsinoe
assassinated herself,
591
00:35:35,563 --> 00:35:38,963
but to some extent she's protected
because she's out of Egypt at this point.
592
00:35:45,843 --> 00:35:47,963
[murmuring]
593
00:35:47,963 --> 00:35:53,363
[Shelley] Arsinoe goes
and makes an alliance with her brother,
594
00:35:53,923 --> 00:35:55,363
Ptolemy the XIV.
595
00:36:03,323 --> 00:36:06,843
Even though Ptolemy the XIV
is only a child,
596
00:36:06,843 --> 00:36:09,683
he could very easily
become a rallying point
597
00:36:09,683 --> 00:36:12,083
for opposition to Cleopatra.
598
00:36:17,483 --> 00:36:18,403
Why?
599
00:36:19,923 --> 00:36:21,643
Why can't we all just get along?
600
00:36:25,963 --> 00:36:30,203
She cannot permit anything
to come between Caesarion
601
00:36:30,203 --> 00:36:33,443
and what she sees
as his rightful, uh, position.
602
00:36:33,443 --> 00:36:35,883
And so she takes immediate action.
603
00:36:35,883 --> 00:36:38,083
[creaking]
604
00:36:44,323 --> 00:36:47,323
Ptolemy the XIV, um, becomes unwell
605
00:36:47,323 --> 00:36:50,403
and, um, and he passes away, he dies.
606
00:36:50,403 --> 00:36:52,923
[somber music]
607
00:37:00,803 --> 00:37:01,883
[Cleopatra] Wait.
608
00:37:04,483 --> 00:37:06,843
May you become one with the gods.
609
00:37:11,283 --> 00:37:12,523
You may begin.
610
00:37:14,803 --> 00:37:17,203
[somber music]
611
00:37:17,843 --> 00:37:19,363
[Sally-Ann] I think it's highly likely
612
00:37:19,363 --> 00:37:22,163
that Cleopatra removed her brother
from the equation.
613
00:37:24,203 --> 00:37:27,283
He's just too big a threat,
so he is executed.
614
00:37:28,803 --> 00:37:30,603
[Colleen] There can only be one king.
615
00:37:30,603 --> 00:37:33,523
And her brother, Ptolemy, has to die
616
00:37:33,523 --> 00:37:38,323
so that she can elevate
her own son, Caesarion, to co-regent.
617
00:37:39,163 --> 00:37:44,763
Although this seems
a horrific thing to do to us moderns,
618
00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:49,283
it would have actually been
almost a typical family solution.
619
00:37:49,283 --> 00:37:51,643
She's lost a brother and a husband,
620
00:37:51,643 --> 00:37:56,843
but she has gained a tremendous amount
of security as queen of Egypt.
621
00:37:56,843 --> 00:37:58,963
[warriors clamoring]
622
00:37:58,963 --> 00:38:01,003
[Islam] After Caesar's assassination,
623
00:38:01,003 --> 00:38:02,563
we essentially have a civil war.
624
00:38:02,563 --> 00:38:06,843
We have a polarized Roman elite,
the assassins,
625
00:38:06,843 --> 00:38:10,083
and those who are trying
to bring the assassins down.
626
00:38:10,083 --> 00:38:14,403
Mark Antony and Octavian,
who joined forces at that stage.
627
00:38:14,403 --> 00:38:17,883
Three years after the assassination
of Julius Caesar,
628
00:38:17,883 --> 00:38:22,803
Cleopatra has another chance
to forge an alliance with Rome.
629
00:38:22,803 --> 00:38:27,563
Mark Antony requests her presence
630
00:38:27,563 --> 00:38:31,563
for a conference
regarding, uh, Egypt's position
631
00:38:31,563 --> 00:38:33,203
within the power-sharing community
632
00:38:33,203 --> 00:38:35,803
of the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
633
00:38:36,363 --> 00:38:40,203
Mark Antony has received intelligence
634
00:38:40,203 --> 00:38:44,323
that Cleopatra has given aid
635
00:38:44,323 --> 00:38:46,923
to some of the conspirators.
636
00:38:48,283 --> 00:38:49,203
[Cleopatra] Well?
637
00:38:53,403 --> 00:38:54,403
What?
638
00:38:55,323 --> 00:38:57,803
[Colleen] Mark Antony needs
to meet Cleopatra
639
00:38:57,803 --> 00:39:00,723
to determine
if she's been helping his enemies,
640
00:39:00,723 --> 00:39:02,963
the men who assassinated Caesar.
641
00:39:05,963 --> 00:39:07,123
I told you.
642
00:39:07,763 --> 00:39:11,483
Cleopatra is the pharaoh of Egypt.
643
00:39:11,483 --> 00:39:16,203
[Shelley] Cleopatra does not
answer summons
644
00:39:16,763 --> 00:39:19,163
from the likes of Mark Antony.
645
00:39:19,163 --> 00:39:20,763
For weeks,
646
00:39:20,763 --> 00:39:23,603
Mark Antony keeps sending her summons.
647
00:39:25,443 --> 00:39:26,763
[sighs]
648
00:39:27,363 --> 00:39:29,243
[Shelley] "Come to Tarsus."
649
00:39:32,323 --> 00:39:33,283
[inhales]
650
00:39:33,283 --> 00:39:36,523
Tell Mark Antony
I accept his invitation to meet.
651
00:39:41,723 --> 00:39:44,323
Tell him I accept.
652
00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:47,083
What?
653
00:39:49,083 --> 00:39:50,003
Do as I say.
654
00:39:50,003 --> 00:39:52,803
[Islam] She needs someone
she can trust as an ally,
655
00:39:52,803 --> 00:39:55,443
somebody who will be able to provide
656
00:39:55,443 --> 00:39:57,803
some protection to Alexandria
if it's needed
657
00:39:57,803 --> 00:39:59,723
because of attacks from Cyprus.
658
00:39:59,723 --> 00:40:02,483
But at the end of the day, Mark Antony
659
00:40:02,483 --> 00:40:04,523
does have military power.
660
00:40:04,523 --> 00:40:06,683
[tense music]
661
00:40:06,683 --> 00:40:10,883
{\an8}[Colleen] Tarsus is an important city
in what is now southern Turkey.
662
00:40:10,883 --> 00:40:13,203
{\an8}Cleopatra enters the port
663
00:40:13,203 --> 00:40:17,803
{\an8}in one of the most lavish ships
ever created.
664
00:40:17,803 --> 00:40:21,483
[tense music]
665
00:40:25,643 --> 00:40:30,683
In anger, Mark Antony goes to the ship.
666
00:40:33,763 --> 00:40:37,723
[Colleen] Cleopatra dresses herself
like the goddess Venus.
667
00:40:38,963 --> 00:40:42,443
She has set a goal
of conquering Mark Antony,
668
00:40:42,443 --> 00:40:45,643
and this opulent ship
will be her battlefield.
669
00:40:48,963 --> 00:40:51,803
You and Octavian summoned me here.
670
00:40:53,323 --> 00:40:55,323
You know he's taking the name Caesar?
671
00:40:55,323 --> 00:40:56,323
[Cleopatra] Hm.
672
00:40:56,883 --> 00:40:58,203
That's bold.
673
00:41:02,523 --> 00:41:04,883
The Roman people spared Arsinoe.
674
00:41:06,683 --> 00:41:09,043
I need to make sure
that doesn't happen again.
675
00:41:11,203 --> 00:41:12,643
So what do you want?
676
00:41:14,123 --> 00:41:15,243
An alliance.
677
00:41:17,203 --> 00:41:18,803
Everything here...
678
00:41:20,203 --> 00:41:22,803
can help you retake all of Rome.
679
00:41:25,083 --> 00:41:26,283
[Mark Antony sighs]
680
00:41:26,283 --> 00:41:27,363
But can I trust you?
681
00:41:33,643 --> 00:41:34,603
[soft sigh]
682
00:41:41,443 --> 00:41:43,923
[gentle music]
683
00:41:50,203 --> 00:41:51,563
Yes.
684
00:41:53,523 --> 00:41:54,763
[Cleopatra] Everything here.
685
00:41:56,683 --> 00:41:57,803
Everything.
686
00:42:00,523 --> 00:42:01,363
Everything?
687
00:42:08,003 --> 00:42:10,483
[soft upbeat music]
688
00:42:15,003 --> 00:42:16,043
[creaks]
689
00:42:16,043 --> 00:42:18,723
[Jacquelyn]
Mark Antony needed Egyptian wealth.
690
00:42:18,723 --> 00:42:23,723
She was demonstrating
the value of an alliance with Egypt,
691
00:42:23,723 --> 00:42:27,003
that she could bring wealth
in a way that he needed.
692
00:42:27,003 --> 00:42:30,083
Cleopatra sees an opportunity
in Mark Antony.
693
00:42:30,083 --> 00:42:33,123
He is another Roman of considerable power,
694
00:42:33,123 --> 00:42:36,403
somebody to continue
where she left off with Caesar.
695
00:42:36,403 --> 00:42:39,363
She was using these relationships
quite strategically
696
00:42:39,363 --> 00:42:42,563
in order to elevate her own status
697
00:42:42,563 --> 00:42:45,203
and protect herself and her country.
698
00:42:45,203 --> 00:42:47,683
It was precisely because she was a woman,
699
00:42:47,683 --> 00:42:51,643
because she could have children
with powerful Roman men,
700
00:42:51,643 --> 00:42:57,403
form both military, diplomatic,
and romantic allegiances
701
00:42:57,403 --> 00:43:00,763
that gave her an element of power
702
00:43:00,763 --> 00:43:04,363
that male kings of the time did not have.
703
00:43:07,523 --> 00:43:09,923
♪ Together ♪
704
00:43:11,003 --> 00:43:14,603
♪ We light the fire ♪
705
00:43:16,763 --> 00:43:19,323
♪ Forever ♪
706
00:43:20,403 --> 00:43:21,723
♪ You are... ♪
707
00:43:21,723 --> 00:43:24,323
Mark Antony's intelligence reports
are wrong.
708
00:43:24,323 --> 00:43:28,483
[Colleen] It is not Cleopatra
who is helping Caesar's assassins,
709
00:43:28,483 --> 00:43:31,083
but rather, her sister Arsinoe.
710
00:43:31,083 --> 00:43:33,403
♪ ...entwined ♪
711
00:43:34,843 --> 00:43:37,203
♪ Forever ♪
712
00:43:38,563 --> 00:43:42,243
♪ You are in me ♪
713
00:43:45,363 --> 00:43:48,923
[Shelley] During pillow talk,
Cleopatra says, "I think
714
00:43:48,923 --> 00:43:53,523
it would be the mark
of a strong Roman leader
715
00:43:54,483 --> 00:43:58,723
if Arsinoe met an untimely death."
716
00:44:01,603 --> 00:44:03,163
[screams]
717
00:44:04,163 --> 00:44:05,603
[strained grunt]
718
00:44:06,643 --> 00:44:08,123
♪ Burning ♪
719
00:44:10,083 --> 00:44:14,003
♪ We'll set the world alight ♪
720
00:44:15,163 --> 00:44:17,363
♪ Stop turning ♪
721
00:44:18,403 --> 00:44:21,403
What we really see in Cleopatra
is a survivor.
722
00:44:21,403 --> 00:44:24,923
It's somebody who will do anything
in order to survive.
723
00:44:26,363 --> 00:44:29,003
[Colleen] Cleopatra's alliance
with Mark Antony
724
00:44:29,483 --> 00:44:32,843
allows her to triumph
over her final sibling.
725
00:44:32,843 --> 00:44:35,043
[Colleen] And with Arsinoe's death,
726
00:44:35,043 --> 00:44:40,523
Cleopatra is the final Ptolemaic ruler
still standing.
727
00:44:42,843 --> 00:44:45,003
[rhythmic thumping]
728
00:44:45,003 --> 00:44:49,003
But Cleopatra still has
an even bigger rival, Octavian,
729
00:44:49,003 --> 00:44:53,363
and he is not going to stop
until all of her plans are destroyed.
730
00:44:53,363 --> 00:44:55,643
[rhythmic thumping]
731
00:44:55,643 --> 00:44:56,603
[swords scraping]
732
00:44:56,603 --> 00:44:58,923
[Roman warriors shouting]
733
00:45:00,723 --> 00:45:03,123
{\an8}[closing theme music]