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Episode CC - Cleopatra and Antony (Live in Melbourne)

Emperors of Rome

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Cleopatra and the Roman Empire

Cleopatra VII is the last of the Ptolemies, so a Greek dynasty. She already has a son by Julius Caesar who's called Cisarian. Octavian and Antony have come to power together and have a rather uneasy alliance. After Caesar is murdered, she's in Rome at that point. So they're all kind of courting her.

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