Original subtitles

Welcome to

Alexandria, Caesar.

King ptolemy awaits you.

Hail, Caesar.

How old are you?

Old enough to rule, Caesar.

Twelve.

Ah.

I am old enough to rule.

And you are?

I am arsinoe, queen of Egypt.

Not according to your father.

My father's dead.

But he paid his debts

to Rome, arsinoe.

Caesar, if I may explain.

Who is this man?

Pothinus, the king's

prime minister.

Later.

Where is your eldest sister?

Cleopatra has

left the country.

Yes.

Do you have our money?

Cleopatra's scheming

has brought our country

to its knees.

Under the present

circumstances, unfortunately,

we are unable to pay our debt

to Rome.

That is no problem.

I'll simply take it.

Great, Caesar.

Go on.

If you were to support

arsinoe as queen...

I will ensure the peace

and prosperity of this nation.

Caesar.

Where is your army?

Pelusium.

Oh, defending Egypt

from Cleopatra?

She must be very dangerous

to you.

I'd like to meet this girl

who calls herself a goddess.

Come with me.

Who are you?

I'm olympos,

the queen's physician.

Quickly.

Olympos, this woman,

she's a whore.

So I'm told, mardian.

Come.

What is your name?

Jehosheba, your majesty.

I'm told you're

the most accomplished

courtesan of ashkelon.

I want a man to fall

in love with me.

I see, but there

is so much to tell.

Is there an art to it,

to making love?

Oh, yes.

Men like to be touched,

but every man is different.

This man is a conqueror.

Such a man is easy to take

to bed, but it is harder

to hold his interest.

You must always make him believe

no matter how much

you've given him,

there's still more to conquer.

Hmm.

Remarkable, isn't it?

It is, indeed.

They say you can see

the beam 35 miles out to sea.

What news on ptolemy's army?

They haven't moved, still

at the border guarding

against Cleopatra.

How many men?

Twenty thousand.

If they turn on us, we'll

be outnumbered five to one.

Hail, Caesar.

Ahenobarbus.

We've loaded six ships

with grain.

Good.

That'll be enough to cover

ptolemy's debt to us

for the moment.

We don't want the people

to starve.

Most of the grain

has been taken

by the royal army for

its war against Cleopatra.

What's left is being plundered.

Bring me

the royal store master.

Mighty Caesar,

you must believe me.

I had no part in

stealing that grain.

Execute him.

No! No!

Please!

I can return it.

It was pothinus!

Pothinus!

He's probably selling it

to our enemies in the east.

Pity one can't castrate

a eunuch.

I'm telling you,

I have business...

What is going on out there?

Do something!

I'm sorry, imperator,

but this man says

he has a gift for you.

A beautiful rug, sire.

From queen Cleopatra.

From Cleopatra?

Leave it there.

But you have not examined

it yet.

Tomorrow.

Your majesty... i mean, sire,

queen Cleopatra insisted

I unroll it in

your presence at once!

Then do so.

How many men do we

have guarding the harbor?

Two sentries.

Triple them.

We mustn't lose control

of the port.

Place your men here...

Here and here.

If they attack,

the harbor is the only way out.

You're very young

to be a goddess.

I am the daughter of Isis.

Cleopatra.

Caesar.

Hmm.

And what brings you

to Caesar?

My father was a loyal ally

to Rome, and it was me

he crowned before he died.

I am the true ruler of Egypt.

Your sister thinks

differently.

Arsinoe is a liar.

And young ptolemy?

A witless boy

who's being manipulated by

a deceitful regent.

It's in your interest

to set things right.

And why should I choose

you over them?

I am my father's successor.

The people know this.

They will support me.

The people, the people

would be quite happy to see you

and every last member

of this dynasty fed

to the crocodiles of the nile.

Hmph.

I'm tired.

I'm sure you must be, too.

You should go to bed now.

Where?

Once it's known

I'm in the palace,

my family will have me killed.

There is only one bed that

is safe for me: Yours.

I don't think

that would be prudent.

Caesar is not known

for his prudence...

But for his boldness.

This is not necessary.

It will not affect

my power of decision.

I never touch a woman

who doesn't wish me to.

Nor will you tonight.

You're trembling.

Are you afraid of me?

No, I fear no one.

You've never

done this before, have you?

Who are you, Cleopatra?

Are you someone I can trust?

I am Egypt,

and Egypt is yours

for one night only.

We must take

immediate steps to restore

the people's confidence

in their leaders or Egypt

will plunge into anarchy.

Agreed?

Certainly, and what

better way to achieve

this stability

but for Caesar to proclaim

arsinoe and ptolemy...

Mmm.

What is she doing here?

She came to see me

last night.

We had an

interesting conversation.

I'm surprised

that great Caesar

would discuss anything

with Egypt's enemy.

He was eager to learn

the truth... how you

and pothinus conspired

to get rid of me,

how you poisoned our

brother's thoughts against me.

Poisoned his thoughts?

There was no need for that.

Even a mere boy could see what

a treacherous, scheming...

You are the one

that has betrayed...

Silence, both of you!

You have two very

high-spirited sisters.

Caesar, if you would

allow me...

Young ptolemy, as long as

your late father continued

to pay his debts to Rome,

Rome always respected

Egypt's sovereignty.

You will continue to rule

as king with your sister,

Cleopatra, as queen.

This is outrageous!

Furthermore, I have decided

that you and Cleopatra

will marry.

Never!

I will not marry a child!

You are an Egyptian Princess.

According to ancient Egyptian

tradition, royal incest

between brother and sister

is quite acceptable

however distasteful

inbreeding may seem to others.

In this case,

it will serve its purpose

and preserve the unity of Egypt.

Don't pretend you care

about Egypt.

I care very much about Egypt.

Egypt is a source

of great wealth.

I will not have you bankrupt

the country in a civil war.

What about me?

You can have Cyprus.

I'll restore it to

the house of ptolemy.

Cyprus?

It's not enough.

Caesar, may I ask...

Pothinus, your services

to the king will be rewarded.

That will be all.

Queen Cleopatra, you may stay.

How could you do that?

I just made you

queen of Egypt.

Am I supposed to thank you?

Hmm?

Understand I didn't do

this out of courtesy

and certainly not out

of infatuation.

I expect you to bring order

to this country

and pay your debts to Rome.

I am simply ensuring the future

of my investment, and the sooner

I can get out of this

viper's nest, the better.

Viper's nest? Ha!

You made it so!

I made it so?

Yes, you with your

Roman greed and arrogance,

blackmailing my father

year after year,

forcing him to buy

peace with Rome.

If I would've been ruler,

you would've had war instead.

And you'd have

lost everything.

Learn to be a queen.

I am a queen!

No, you are not, not yet.

You must learn to think

like a queen, strategically.

Now you start by accepting

a joint monarchy with ptolemy,

so we can demobilize his army.

My friends, let us all wear

the garlands of gladness

and celebration.

Today, king ptolemy

and queen Cleopatra

have consented to live

in Harmony as man and wife

and rule as one.

With peace and friendship

now restored amongst

the royal household,

there is no longer

need for show of arms.

It gives me great pleasure

to honor and to entrust

our most respected friend,

pothinus with the task

of carrying this great news

most urgently to pelusium.

They're to disband

the royal army

and bring the soldiers

home in peace.

Caesar's personal

escort awaits you.

Pothinus cannot be trusted.

If you send him to pelusium,

he will take control of

the army for his own purposes.

Hmm. Walk with me.

No! No!

Sometimes it's necessary

to strike first, Cleopatra.

It's well you did so.

You're not shocked?

Shocked?

Such things as this

are not strange to me.

Open negotiations

with the Egyptian generals.

Send them his head.

Your majesty,

I was not expecting to see you.

You idiot!

Why did you let

Cleopatra get past you?

Alert your war ships

to set sail for Alexandria.

We march at first light.

Come on.

Caesar!

What is it?

Forgive me, imperator.

Arsinoe is gone, ptolemy, too.

They both vanished

from the city.

They've gone to pelusium.

To ptolemy's army to drive us

both out of Alexandria.

Assemble my staff at once.

We must defend here,

here and here.

I'll need more men.

Reinforcements are days away.

We must hold the harbor.

Otherwise, the enemy

will smash our fleet.

Caesar!

The Egyptians are on the march.

They will attack

by land and sea.

The enemy's numbers

are too great.

We cannot hold.

We will lose all!

Abandon the harbor.

We let them into the city.

But there is no way out.

If we lose,

you lose your empire.

This battle

does not have to be fought.

Return to Rome, Caesar.

You have no choice!

No!

If we fight within the walls

of the city, we can trap them.

All streets lead to

the palace square.

Destroy them there, Caesar.

You read my mind, Cleopatra.

There is always choice, rufio.

We will fight them in

the streets, and when victory

is within the palm

of their hands,

we will strike with

all our might.

My countrymen, you and I have

risked all before and won.

Now we raise the stakes.

The prize is Egypt.

Cornelius.

Let them in.

Let them in!

Let them into the city!

Charge!

Stop those horses!

Rufio!

Rufio, those flames!

That's my library burning!

I have to do something.

No, your majesty!

It's too dangerous.

Release!

The rebel horsemen

have broken through.

We must find somewhere safe,

your majesty.

Your majesty!

Your majesty, your majesty!

Are you hurt?

Forgive me, your majesty.

I can't let you leave

the palace!

You must help me, rufio!

Our greatest treasure

is burning!

Forward!

At the gate!

Go back! Go back!

Fight for your queen!

Victory!

Where is she?

Caesar!

There.

I'm sorry about your library.

Half of it is gone,

half of the world's knowledge.

You'll have a scar here.

It's nothing.

I lost 700 men today

but won my greatest victory.

What about arsinoe

and ptolemy?

They haven't found them yet.

They won't get far.

Then it's not over yet.

Go!

Move faster!

Faster!

Go!

Faster!

Go! Go!

Whoa! Ho!

Run!

Surrender!

No!

Ptolemy is dead!

You're now

the sole ruler of Egypt.

What do you intend to do?

I will unite this land

and bring prosperity

back to my country.

Egypt's debt to Caesar

will be paid abundantly.

Where is arsinoe?

We've taken her prisoner.

And you had

my brother killed.

Why haven't you killed her?

You are going to keep her,

aren't you, and use her

against me?

Arsinoe is valuable to me.

She's mine.

No.

Your majesty, your majesty!

Hmm, hmm.

Where is she?

I'm sorry, your majesty.

My orders are

to allow no visitors.

I am the queen of Egypt,

and you are in my palace.

Now step aside.

Are you going to kill me now?

Not just yet.

Tell me, arsinoe, do you grieve

for our poor brother?

Do you?

He was your enemy as I am.

You made him so.

I was only trying to protect

him from you, you who would

do anything to guarantee

your power,

even turn yourself

into Caesar's whore.

I am not his whore!

I am his conqueror.

You've given away

our kingdom.

You killed our father!

That's a lie!

You tried to poison his mind,

turn him against me,

and when he wouldn't listen,

you poisoned his body.

You murdered him!

It's not true.

I loved father.

You don't know what love is,

you, with all your jealousy

and greed, your lust for power.

You sicken me.

But it will end tonight.

If you kill me,

Caesar will turn against you.

He'll see you for what you

really are... a snake and a whore!

Do you think Caesar will still

want you on the throne of Egypt

after he grows tired of you

in his bed?

Do you, Caesar's whore?

Do you?

You went against me!

Why?

I had to.

It's in your blood.

Sisters killing sisters,

fathers killing daughters.

Is Rome so different?

It's over now.

I'm putting an end to it

before my children are born.

You never cross me again.

One, two!

Pull!

One, two!

Pull!

I feel I'm in paradise.

Thank you for bringing me here.

Why did you resist me?

Because I'm Roman,

because I hate idleness.

Because erotic sensuality,

hmm, is a kind of treason.

Hmm.

Then Egypt is conquering Rome,

my lord.

I don't care.

Do I make you happy?

Yes.

Hmm.

Oh! Hmm!

Look, Egypt's wealth,

your prize.

With Egypt's bounty,

you could conquer the east

and the whole world.

You forget, I read your mind.

Do it.

Together, Egypt and Rome,

the greatest empire

the world has ever known.

Caesar and Cleopatra.

A new dynasty!

Mm-hmm.

I'm pleased to see

your ambitions are

of such manageable

proportions, my queen.

Your queen?

And your Roman wife?

What of her?

I haven't seen her for years.

Has she given you

any children?

I had a daughter, Julia.

She died.

Look.

She's glorious.

No one knows who made her

or why.

She's a mystery.

Just like you.

She guards the tombs of

the dead kings, the pyramids.

Forgotten kings whose only

enduring memory is their tombs

and this stone god

crumbling and wasting

into the desert sand.

How futile.

A city of the dead.

Only gods live forever.

I must return to Rome.

No, stay with me

here in Egypt.

When I am with you,

I lose myself.

You have enchanted me,

Cleopatra.

I must return.

No. No.

I am determined to conquer

and rule this world.

I will not leave crumbling stone

behind but a new world order

that will change the present

and shape the lives

of history to come.

King pharnaces has overrun

our province in pontus.

All the Roman citizens there

have been killed or castrated.

What else?

Marc Antony sent an

urgent dispatch from Rome.

Your enemies are stirring up

the senate against you,

brutus, in particular.

What's he saying now?

That you've lost interest

in the affairs of the republic

preferring a life of luxury

in Egypt.

Luxury?

He's right.

Well?

You're pregnant.

Oh, I knew it!

I thought I gave you

something to prevent this

from happening.

Perhaps I wanted this child.

Why?

Oh, because

it will be Caesar's.

He'll protect his child

and Egypt along with it.

He'll never be allowed

to claim the child.

Rome will not tolerate

the mixing of Caesar's blood

with that of an eastern queen.

He has already shaken

Rome to its foundations.

He can do anything he wants.

He is a god.

I have known you

since childhood.

Tell me the truth:

Are you plotting strategy,

or have you fallen in love?

Perhaps there's

no difference.

When will you tell him?

I'm leaving you

three legions.

That'll be enough

to keep the peace.

Now, guard Cleopatra

with your life.

Let no harm come to her

and make sure she does

no harm to Rome.

What are you doing?

Leaving our life of luxury.

Now?

How long do you

suggest I wait?

I have a war to fight,

and I have to remind

the Roman senate

who's in charge.

I have to tell you something.

Well, what is it?

I need you here.

Egypt needs you.

Egypt will have to wait.

Well, don't you want

to protect your investments?

I am facing famine, revolts,

riots, you...

You are the queen of Egypt.

I leave that to you.

If you leave me now,

you will lose

your greatest province.

You will lose me.

Cleopatra!

I will come back.

The gods are not that cruel,

but these things must be done.

For a brief moment,

you and I were alone

in the world,

but now that moment is over.

Rome must be avenged

and my power restored.

May Isis protect you.

Now, we all know

what happened in pontus...

Roman territories invaded,

Roman legions wiped out!

Silence!

Let brutus speak!

Roman women and soldiers

slaughtered!

Yes!

And where is

the mighty Caesar?

Yes!

Dallying in Egypt

with his foreign queen.

His absence is an outrage!

I object!

What?

Your disrespect for Caesar

is as vile as

your seditious chatter!

How dare you accuse the man

who conquered Gaul,

who extended the reach

of Rome beyond our dreams?

Marc Antony, I would

never show disrespect

for Caesar's ambition.

But you have never credited

his character or his compassion!

Hear, hear!

Octavius, octavius.

You love your uncle.

I love Caesar,

but he is neglecting Rome.

He is wasting his time in

a useless desert province!

I wouldn't call

Egypt useless.

It is essential

to the Roman empire.

Caesar has shamed Rome

by his adulterous behavior.

Thank you, Cassius.

Lies! Lies!

Whatever Caesar does,

he does for a reason,

he does for Rome.

Marc Antony, how can

you ignore his indifference

when his fellow countrymen,

his fellow romans

are being butchered,

butchered in the street!

Who will put down

this insurrection in pontus?

Who will avenge Rome?

It will not be you

and your rhetoric, brutus.

It will be Caesar!

That's very good, Antony,

if we can find him!

You have found him.

You were saying, brutus?

The senate...

Welcome home, imperator.

Hail, Caesar!

This man slit his brother's

throat over a gambling debt.

Execute him.

This man was drunk and

drowned his four young children.

His own children?

Execution.

Greetings, exalted queen.

I have news for you.

Charmian, iras,

quickly, your hands.

He's already

got Caesar's strength.

Rufio, I hope

you've kept your promise.

It would displease me greatly

if word of this reached Rome.

Your secret is safe

with me, your majesty.

I have news from Caesar.

It's a copy of

his senate report.

Mardian, he has

conquered pontus.

Is that one from Caesar?

It's an invitation for you

to visit him in Rome.

It's not even signed by him.

It's from one of his aides.

It's more like a summons.

He wants me in attendance

when he celebrates his victory.

Why hasn't he written

to me himself?

Well, he does have

the whole world on his mind,

your majesty.

Perhaps it was not convenient

for him to write you.

Not convenient?

Perhaps it is not convenient

for me to leave Egypt.

Hmm.

Tell his aide

I've declined his invitation.

I beg your pardon?

I am the queen of Egypt.

I go only where I want and

when it pleases me to do so.

You may be excused, rufio.

Next case.

This man assaulted

a Roman officer

while breaking into a granary.

Oh, execute...

Did you say he attacked

a Roman officer?

Yes.

What is your name?

Guevarius.

Why did you steal my grain?

Have you failed to notice

that your people are starving?

Are you blind?

No wonder the people hate you.

They're your children,

but you care nothing for them.

You give them nothing but fear.

Well, I'm not afraid of you,

queen Cleopatra.

Set him free.

Pardon my intrusion,

your majesty.

This man assaulted

a Roman soldier.

It's, therefore, a Roman matter.

Then why was his

death warrant brought

to me for my approval?

That was a courtesy.

Nevertheless, he had cause.

Release him at once!

The granary is full, is it not?

To the brim, your majesty.

It's full,

and the people are starving.

It's being reserved

for export to Rome,

your majesty.

My father's eternal debt

to Caesar.

It's time to put

a stop to it.

No, your majesty, no!

Your majesty,

come away from here!

Return to the palace

and wait there!

I'll handle this!

Wait for what,

another civil war?

I can't protect you here!

Open it!

My grain is the people's grain,

not the romans.

Come, take it.

If we take it,

they'll kill us.

In the name

of my unborn child,

no Roman shall touch

a single grain

until the people of Egypt

are fed.

Commander, withdraw your men.

Take it. It's yours.

Trust me.

I'm not your enemy.

Take it.

Cleopatra!

Send for the midwives!

Oh, Isis.

There, now.

Breathe deeply.

Good, good.

Push! Push!

Push, push.

Where is he?

Bring him to me.

He's small but strong.

What will you call him?

Ptolemy Caesar.

What?

You can't call him that,

not without Caesar's permission.

I'll name him

whatever I choose.

That's a dangerous fantasy.

Caesar cannot even acknowledge

him as his own son

much less proclaim him as heir.

My dearest queen,

you are forcing the hand

of the most powerful man

in the world.

Are there many people

out there?

All of Egypt.

What are you doing?

You've just given birth.

My people need to see me.

Here is the prince of Egypt.

Here is the son of Caesar,

ptolemy Caesar.

I shall present him

to his father.

I shall go to Rome.

It's Caesar!

Queen Cleopatra?

Your highness?

Hello?

Who are you?

I'm Marc Antony,

the imperator's master

of the horse.

I apologize for Caesar

not being able

to greet you personally,

but there's delicate business

in Rome that he must attend to.

He begged me to reassure you

of his esteem and affection

for your royal person,

especially the affection.

Wait for me outside,

horse master.

Put the baby in

a separate litter.

Keep him well out of sight.

Go!

So how do you

like our fine country?

It must be hard to see

from inside there.

You smell that pine in the air?

It's invigorating, isn't it?

You know, I used to hunt

here as a boy.

What exactly does it mean,

master of the horse?

It means that I serve Caesar,

that I have his trust

and his friendship.

Then you're his servant.

No, I'm a commander in...

In his army.

Caesar's villa is yours to use

for as long as you like.

Where does he live

with his wife?

At a principle house

he has in the city

near the temple of vesta

in the forum, but this

is the house he prefers.

Understandably

because it has this, a view.

It looks so peaceful.

Peaceful as a sleeping wolf.

It's a dangerous place right

now, especially for Caesar.

What do you mean?

The more powerful he grows,

the more vulnerable he becomes.

Romans tend to distrust a man

that sets himself above them.

And you?

Do you distrust him?

Me? No, I love him.

He is greatness itself.

Well, I must be going.

Please communicate anything

you should require.

When will Caesar come to me?

He's arranged a welcome

reception for you tomorrow

at his house

before the triumph parade.

Until then, majesty.

How dare you send me

no letters?

How dare you send me

your horse master?

What's that?

There's someone

I want to introduce to you.

Come here.

Come here, my love.

Whose is it?

His name is ptolemy Caesar,

but I've taken

to calling him caesarian.

He's mine?

Mm-hmm.

You had a child,

and you didn't tell me?

I never thought I'd have a son.

I can see myself.

Will you tell that to Rome?

I cannot claim

this child as my own.

But he is yours.

This will do me

great harm in Rome.

He must remain a secret

between us.

Promise me.

Cleopatra, you must

promise me for now.

The queen of Egypt.

Welcome to Rome,

your highness and to my home.

We have all been

most anxious to see you.

My wife, calpurnia.

I am honored to meet

the wife of the great Caesar.

The honor belongs to me,

your majesty.

Since my husband

thinks of you so fondly,

how can I not feel the same?

My nephew, Gaius octavius

and his sister, octavia.

You should get to know octavius.

He is the future of Rome.

Is that true, octavius?

It's Caesar's legacy

that will be

the future of Rome.

Or its ruin.

My harshest critic and

dearest friend, Marcus brutus.

You express yourself

with remarkable freedom,

Marcus brutus.

In Egypt, you would

be strangled on the spot.

Ah, it's just brutus' way.

It's the Roman way.

There are no kings here,

your majesty.

See, all men in Rome are equal,

and those of us

that love the republic

would like to keep it that way.

Your country has proved

to be rich in plunder

for my husband.

That's not plunder.

Those are gifts

I gave freely to Caesar.

Are you sure?

They're being displayed

as spoils of war.

The queen of Egypt.

Crowd: Caesar's whore!

What are they saying?

I believe they're saying

Caesar's whore, your majesty.

Crowd: Caesar's whore!

No, brutus. Now listen to me.

The problem is our calendar

is based upon the moon

which makes the year imprecise.

Surely you're not suggesting

you want to change

the calendar, Caesar.

I want to improve it.

By reordering the very days

of our lives, surely that's

the province of a god.

The queen of Egypt.

Time doesn't need

your protection, brutus.

Greetings, queen Cleopatra.

We welcome your return.

You must forgive our Roman ways.

If the queen thinks

so little of our Roman ways,

perhaps she should

go back to Egypt.

You have enjoyed

the spoils of war.

Now, let me show you

Egypt's greatest treasure.

This is your son,

ptolemy Caesar.

I lay him at your feet.

Why don't you pick him up?

That is not Caesar's son.

You have no proof of the matter!

Caesar, do not touch him!

If you touch him, you claim him!

This is my son.

His name

is ptolemy Caesar.

It seems you have

a rival, octavius.

I underestimated you,

Cleopatra.

Do you know what

you've just done?

You've forced my hand

in my own capitol.

Then what am I, a whore

happy to bear your bastard son?

I am a queen,

and caesarian is your heir.

He is my son.

Octavius is my heir.

Octavius is not

your flesh and blood!

He is Roman!

I should go back to Egypt

where my son will grow up

to have real power

and fulfill his destiny.

If he is allowed to.

Our son will only fulfill

his destiny if Egypt

remains free

and independent from Rome,

and that is in my power.

Egypt is only free because

I wish it so, and you'll remain

its queen solely at my pleasure.

Because I fell

in love with you.

How much do you love me?

I would lose everything

rather than lose you.

There's danger here

for you and our son.

I'll send Marc Antony

to protect you both.

He's the one man I can trust.

Caesar.

Nephew.

I'm very troubled.

About what?

The Egyptian queen and

that child she's tricked you

into claiming as your own.

The child is my own,

octavius.

Caesar, Cleopatra

is using you

to advance her own fortunes.

Everyone can see this but you

and now this child.

You have to do something.

Do what, octavius?

Get rid of him.

That child is a threat to you.

My son is no threat

to me, octavius.

Neither is he to you.

You are my heir in Rome.

His life is in Egypt.

But if you harm one hair of

my boy's head, I'll finish you.

Whoa!

Beg your pardon.

I'll be very careful.

You are quite the dionysian.

When it suits me,

your highness.

I've fought hundreds

of men in my time,

but I must say,

your presence disarms me.

I envy Caesar.

To fortunate Caesar then.

Beloved by the gods

to have you as a prize.

When will he come to me?

Have you seen him?

What's the matter?

Caesarian!

He's safe.

Come.

It was octavius.

What?

Octavius is Caesar's heir.

It was him who tried

to kill my son.

Go!

Who sent you?

Hail, Caesar!

Caesar's fame

and his divine capacity

for achievement

transcend human experience.

They are absolute

and super human.

I claim this title as a right,

as dictator for life

and Demi god.

I will crush

the rebellion in Spain.

I will secure our borders

in Syria and Africa

and encircle the mediterranean

in a ring of iron.

Then, my countrymen,

we will turn the might

of Rome to the east

for the conquest of

our greatest enemy

and for our greatest prize,

parthia!

The glory of Rome will

shine brighter than the sun.

Hail, Caesar.

Hail, Caesar!

Dictator for life!

A king!

A king.

Oh, Caesar,

you need to shake yourself

free of the pettiness

of Roman thought.

Claim more, not less.

Make them honor you as a god.

No wonder I love you so much.

I'm going to claim

my greatest prize.

Parthia!

But I'll need your help.

We'll conquer it together,

Cleopatra, you and I,

Egypt and Rome as allies,

hand in hand,

to dare to realize

our great dream.

I will always dare, Caesar.

But first,

you must divorce calpurnia,

marry me and proclaim

caesarian your heir.

I can't do that.

It would finish Rome.

Well then, finish it.

Create something new,

something greater.

No, Caesar is Rome.

My ambitions are boundless,

Cleopatra,

but they are Roman ambitions.

Then our dream is a lie.

I should go back to Egypt

where I am a queen

and a goddess in my own right

and not merely your consort.

No, I forbid it.

You must stay with me.

You forbid it?

Are you giving me orders?

I didn't mean it like that.

I meant it would be

to our mutual benefit.

What benefit is it to me,

to Egypt?

If you succeed against parthia,

I will still be Caesar's whore,

and my son will

still be his bastard.

If you fail, I will have

the wrath of parthia

upon my people.

Caesar will not fail.

You don't believe me.

You don't, do you?

Answer me!

Why should I believe

anything you say?

Should I believe

you'll live tomorrow

or free my land or marry me

or be a true father

when you can't even see

your precious heir's

trying to murder our son?

Do not speak

against octavius!

I will speak!

I am a mother!

I know it in my heart!

My child is in danger,

our child, the future of Rome!

His future is in Egypt.

His destiny is

greater than that.

He joins two worlds

as your heir.

It cannot be.

It will not be.

Then you are

nothing to me, nothing!

Caesar!

Caesar, where are you going?

Go home, queen Cleopatra.

Go home to Egypt!

I will conquer parthia

without you.

Ooh!

In the sacred space of Rome,

a statue to his whore.

It's preposterous,

such arrogance.

A pity.

He used to be strong.

Now, he's ruled by weakness

and indecent pleasure.

He has a son.

He will betray you,

too, octavius.

He listens now only

to Cleopatra.

What is it you want from me?

Stand with us against him.

For the good of

the republic, octavius.

For Rome.

I can never betray Caesar,

But I won't stand against you.

The gods seem troubled today.

Caesar.

Marc Antony, fulvia requests

an immediate audience with you.

Indeed.

Go on.

Brutus, I cannot and

will not support this petition.

Fulvia is not home today.

I'm sure you're mistaken.

No, I'm not.

I am Caesar!

Do it!

Brutus.

What's wrong, your majesty?

Something.

No!

Murderers!

Villains!