Julius Caesar Part 2: Rendezvous With Cleopatra
Real Dictators
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The Death of Ptolemy
Ptolemy, the thirteenth was just ten when he became king of Egypt. He is advised by a scheming eunuch named pothenus and his army commander, achillas. Technically, ptolemy rules alongside his older sister, who is also technically his wife. The queen has been trying to make contact with caesar herself. She must resort to subterfuge. One night she leaves with a male servant, and in disguise is rowed across the harbour in a small boat. Hiding in a laundry bag,. The strapping servant carries her, unchallenged, all the way into caesar's bedchamber. As the drawer string
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