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Episode CCV - Cleopatra Selene

Emperors of Rome

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Are the Twins in the Roman Triumph?

The twins would have been in public spectacle for their whole lives. The feeling of this would probably be very different from being a member of the royal family and being the stars of the show in Egyptian spectacles to Roman triumphs. They are displayed alongside an effigy of their mother they are then expected to slot into everyday Roman life so that would have been a very dramatic experience for them. But again as royal children they would have been raised to be self-control in the face of the public.

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