Welcome to Alexandria, Caesar King Ptolemy awaits you How old are you? How old are you? Old enough to rule, Caesar Twelve Twelve 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 is still more to conquer Remarkable, isn't it? It is, indeed They say you can see the beam thirty miles out to see 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 Storemaster 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! It was Pothinus! Pothinus! He's probably selling it to our enemies in the East Pity one cannot castrate a eunuch What is going on out there? 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 haven't examined it yet! Tomorrow But 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 centuries Triple them We musn't lose control of the port Position them, 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 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 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's 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 peoples' confidence in their leaders Or Egypt will plunge into anarchy Agreed? Certainly And what better way to achieve this stability than for Caesar to proclaim Arsinoe and Ptolemy... What is she doing here? She came in 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 can see what a treacherous, scheming... You were the one that had betrayed... Silence! Both of you! You have two very high spirited sisters Caesar, if you will allow me... Young Ptolemy, so 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're 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 to 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 if... 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 the Queen of Egypt Am I supposed to thank you? 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 The sooner I am out of this viper's nest, the better Viper's nest? 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 have been ruler, you would have had war instead! And you would 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 entrust our most respected friend... Pothinus the task of carrying this great news most urgently to Pelusium, there 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'll take control of the army for his own purposes Walk with me Sometimes it is 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 wasn't expecting to see you... You idiot! Why did you let Cleopatra get past you? Alert your warships to set sail for Alexandria We march at first light, c'mon Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! What is it? Forgive me, Imperator Arsinoe is gone Ptolemy too They've 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 harbour Otherwise the enemy will smash our fleet Caesar, the Egyptians are on the march They will attack by land and sea The enemy numbers are too great We cannot hold we will lose all Abandon the harbour 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! Caesar is right! 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 palms of their hands, we 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 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! Go back! Go back! Fight for your Queen! 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 seven hundred 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 Faster! Go! Go! Surrender! No! Ptolemy is dead! You are 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've 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 Where is she? I'm sorry, Your Majesty My orders are to allow no visitors I'm the queen of Egypt, and you are in my palace, 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'm not his whore, I'm 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 Never cross me again I feel like 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... is a kind of treason Then Egypt is conquering Rome, my lord I don't care! Do I make you happy? Yes Look, Egypt's wealth Your prize With Egypt's bounty you can conquer the East 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 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... are their tombs and this stone god... crumbling and wasting into 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 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 But he'll never be allowed to claim the child Rome won't 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've known you since childhood Tell me the truth are you plotting strategy, or have you fallen in love? Perhaps there is no difference When will you tell him? I'm leaving you three legions That'll be enough to keep the peace Guard Cleopatra with your life, let no harm come to her Make sure she does no harm to Rome What are you doing? Leaving my 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 investment? 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'll 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 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 children slaughtered! And where is mighty Caesar? Dallying in Egypt, with his foreign queen! His absence is an outrage! I object! I object! 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 Octavius, you love your uncle I love Caesar, but he's neglecting Rome He is wasting his time in a useless desert province I wouldn't call Egypt Useless It's essential to the Roman Empire Caesar has shamed Rome by his adulterous behavior! Lies, lies! Whatever Caesar does, he does for a reason He does for Rome! But Antony, can you ignore his indifference... while his fellow countrymen, his fellow Romans are being butchered? 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? Senate! Welcome home, Imperator This man slit his brother's throat over a gambling debt Execute him This man was drunk and, uh, 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... Not convenient? Perhaps it's not convenient for me to leave Egypt Tell his aide I've declined his invitation I beg your pardon? I am the queen of Egypt! I only go 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 But 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 been 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 Roman's 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 am not your enemy Take it! Cleopatra! Send for the midwives Oh Isis There, breathe deeply 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 can't even acknowledge him as his own son, much less proclaim him his heir! My dearest queen You're forcing the hand of the most powerful man in the world Are there many people out there? All of Egypt. What're 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! l shall present him to his father l shall go to Rome! lt's Caesar! Queen Cleopatra Your Highness? Hello? Who are you? l'm Marc Antony, the lmperator's Master of the horse l 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... horsemaster... Put the baby in a separate litter Keep him well out of sight, go! How do you like our fine country? Of course, it must be hard to see from inside there Do you smell that pine in the air? lt's invigorating, isn't it? You know, l used to hunt here as a boy What exactly does it mean to be... Master of the Horse? lt means that l serve Caesar That l have his trust, and his friendship Then you're his servant? No, l'm a commander in his army Caesar's villa is yours to use for as long as you like Where does he live with his wife? Their principle house 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 lt looks so peaceful Peaceful as a sleeping wolf lt'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, l love him He is greatness itself Well! l must be going Please communicate anything you should require When will Caesar come to me? He has 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 Horsemaster! What's that? There's someone l want to introduce to you Come here, come here, my love Whose is it? His name is Ptolemy Caesar, but l've taken to calling him Caesarian He's mine? You had a child...and you didn't tell me? l never thought l'd have a son He... l can see myself Will you tell that to Rome? l 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 l'm 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 l not feel the same? My nephew, Gaius Octavius And his sister, Octavia You should get to know Octavius He is the future of Rome ls that true, Octavius? lt'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 ln Egypt, you would be strangled on the spot lt's just Brutus' way lt's the Roman way There are no kings here, Your Majesty You see, all men in Rome are equal Those of us who love the Republic would like to keep it that way Your country has proven to be rich in plunder for my husband That's not plunder Those are gifts that l gave freely to Caesar Are you sure? They're being displayed as spoils of war The Queen of Egypt! What are they saying? l believe they're saying Caesar's Whore, Your Majesty You know Brutus, now listen to me, the problem is that our calendar is based on the moon, which l find makes the year imprecise Surely, you're not suggesting that you want to change the calendar, Caesar? l want to improve it By reordering the very days of our lives Surely that's the province of a god The Queen of Egypt! Greetings, Queen Cleopatra! We welcome your return You must forgive our Roman ways lf 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 l 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, don't touch him! lf you touch him, you claim him This is my son His name is Ptolemy Caesar lt seems you have a rival, Octavius l underestimated you, Cleopatra Do you know what you've just done? You've forced my hand, in my own capitol And what am l? A whore? Happy to bear you a bastard son? l'm 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! l should go back to Egypt, where my son will grow up to have real power and fulfill his destiny lf 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 l wish it so And you remain Queen solely at my pleasure Because l fell in love with you How much do you love me? l would lose everything rather than lose you There's danger here for you and our son l'll send Marc Antony to protect you both He's the one that l can trust Caesar Nephew l'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 His life is in Egypt But if you harm one hair on my boy's head, l'll finish you l beg your pardon l'll be very careful You're quite the Dionysian When it suits me, Your Highness l've fought hundreds of men in my time, but l must say, your presence disarms me l 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 Come... lt was Octavius What? Octavius is Caesar's heir! lt was he who tried to kill my son! Go! Who sent you? Who sent you? Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar! Caesar's fame and his divine capacity for achievement... transcend human experience They are absolute and superhuman l claim this title as a right As dictator for life, and demigod l will crush this rebellion in Spain l 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 greater than the sun! Hail Caesar! 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 l love you so much! l'm going to claim my greatest prize Parthia! l need your help We'll conquer it together Cleopatra... you and l Egypt and Rome as allies, hand in hand Do you dare to realize our great dream? l will always dare, Caesar But first, you must divorce Calpurnia, marry me and proclaim Caesarian your heir l can't do that lt would finish Rome Well, then finish it! Create something new! Something greater! Caesar is Rome! My ambitions are boundless, but they're Roman ambitions Then our dream is a lie l should go back to Egypt where l am a queen and a goddess in my own right and not merely your consort No, l forbid it, you must stay with me You forbid it? Are you giving me orders? l didn't mean it like that l meant, it would be to our mutual benefit... What benefit is it to me? To Egypt? lf you succeed against Parthia, l will still be Caesar's whore And my son will still be his bastard lf you fail, l 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 l believe anything you say? Should l 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 is trying to murder our son? Do not speak against Octavius! l will speak! l'm a mother, l 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! lt cannot be! lt will not be! Then you are nothing to me! Nothing! Caesar! Caesar, where are you going? Go home to Egypt l will conquer Parthia without you ln the scared space of Rome, a statue to his whore lt'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 l could never betray Caesar But l won't stand against you The gods seem troubled today Caesar Caesar Mark Antony! Fulvia requests an immediate audience with you Go on Brutus l cannot, and will not support this petition Fulvia is not home today l... l'm sure you are mistaken No, l'm not l am Caesar! Do it! Brutus What's wrong, Your Majesty? Something... No Caesar! My lord! My life! Villains! Here lies the body of Caesar Here lies the heart and soul of Rome All this, he dreamed All this, he built All this, he conquered Romans! Romans! his dreams were too vast There are those who said that Arrogance, they said l say vision! They could not abide his greatness, because they felt too small beside it So these small men... They did this! They cut the heart out of Rome! You remember what they did to this man! Because l swear to you, my countrymen, to my last, dying breath l will avenge his death! l will avenge his Caesar! l will avenge his Rome! Release Cassius, Cassius Marc Antony...let me die with honor! No! No, please! Have mercy... Antony Congratulations on your great victory lt's a pity you were too ill to take part There will be other battle Yes, l'm sure of it Cassius is dead By his own hand Excellent lt's been a long, hard struggle... Caesar's avenged Three years is long enough lt isn't over yet, Brutus is still at large He too, perished by his own hand Then he died a respectable death Why did you do this? Because l plan to take the traitor's head back to Rome To lay at the head of Caesar's statue Caesar would have never desecrated the bodies of his enemies He murdered a Caesar! He was an assassin! And you are a butcher! Octavius will invade Egypt lt's just a matter of time Octavius might be too busy, Your Majesty He and Marc Antony are now ruling Rome as one What do you make of that, Rufio? Unlikely allies, Your Highness Sooner or later, there will be a reckoning between them And when that reckoning comes, which side will you choose? How long can l rely on you to protect Egypt? To my death, Your Majesty lt was Caesar's wish There was no mention of Caesarian in Caesar's will Without Caesar to protect us, who's going to guarantee our independence? l will, l am building ships We will soon have a great navy to defend our borders lt's cost us a fortune, Your Majesty All that matters is keeping Octavius out He has already tried to kill my son once and he will try again What are you saying? Do you intend to wage war on Octavius? l intend to protect my child We'll be ready Ready with the most powerful fleet in the world! l want to show you a very wonderful thing in the night sky look! ls that a shooting star? No, my love, that's your father He's taking his place with the gods He's there to watch over you Your father, the great Caesar We call her a six Three tiers of oars on each side There's no vessel on the seas mightier than this But does she move fast enough? Well, there are faster ships, but what's speed over power? She was built to do battle, not race And she's unsinkable! How many of these ships altogether? Over two hundred, Your Majesty Good l'm greatly pleased This will bankrupt Egypt, you know Better a bankrupt Egypt than a conquered one And what would we do with this Navy? Do you honestly expect to go up against all the might of Rome? Perhaps not all of it, the fleet is ready Where is Marc Antony now? ln Tarsus...l believe Tarsus? That's halfway here Then l must bring him all the way... l must go there at once The future of Egypt depends on it Prepare the royal barge... for war! For...for war? Yes! A different kind of war So, we are running out of provisions, and the men have not been paid for months They love you now, lmperator, but how long will it last? What is that? The Queen of Egypt, who else? Welcome, Dionysus Well, this is an unexpected pleasure You never came to Egypt to visit me Well, you never invited me For three years l've waited You were too busy fighting war l'm never that busy Shall we retire? Of course To dinner of course Why did you come to see me? Because you were Caesar's friend Because you're my friend Brave gentlemen! Allow me to salute you all for your valor and loyalty to Marc Antony To Marc Antony! To Marc Antony! And to Antony's new friendship with Egypt As a token of that friendship, l offer you this trifle of a gift... to celebrate the new alliance between Marc Antony and the Queen of Egypt! Well! You're in a generous mood Why are you doing this? Egypt is bountiful lt pleases me to share her riches Are you trying to bribe me? l don't bribe, Antony, l command lf you truly wish to be my ally... But l am your ally! l just want to be more than that We will talk tomorrow when you're more in possession of yourself Good night Wait... Look, Antony! lt's you! Why have you put on this charade? How dare you invade my privacy? Leave us Did you come all the way here just to make a fool of me? Leave this room at once! All night long you toy with me, and then you deny me, you don't want me... No, l don't want you! Then damn it, woman, what do you want? lt's not what l want! lt's what you must do! We can rule Egypt and Rome together, you and l, with my son on the throne What are you saying? Are you mad? lf we don't, Octavius will kill us both Can't you see that? No, all l see is a mad queen An enchantress, who's lusting for power And all l see is a common soldier, lusting for sport! You just follow orders, groveling before Octavius! Grovel? l grovel before no man! And no woman! Then be strong! Be like Caesar! l'm not a Caesar! No, you're not You feel this beating heart! That's life you feel! Not a dead king, not a memory That's me, Marc Antony! Here with you! Right now! l am not your sport, general! Now go away! l surrender! Ah, your body is so different Than Caesar's? Younger, more scars Ah, l never thought l would know another man's body in this way l need to spend more time with you What are the conditions of my surrender? Come to me in Egypt Time is slower there, exquisitely slow Then l will After you break your alliance with Octavius Do you have any idea what that would mean? lt would be civil war! lt would tear Rome apart l can't do that Then you'll never see me again Do you accept my terms? Do you, my love? Don't ask me that Answer me! Cleopatra, please... l need you to answer me! No, no l can't go against my country Then go back to your superiors in Rome Soldier You're late No, l'm just not as obsessively punctual as you, Octavius Caesar, not Octavius That title, that has to be earned, Octavius We have called this meeting to divide all Roman provinces... between the two of you as co-consuls... for the sake of Rome The last thing we want is another civil war l don't want such a war l just don't care for the arrogance of a man... who thinks that he can succeed Caesar Caesar himself chose me as his heir You deceived him into thinking you were worthy Silence you two Both of you were allies in war We expect you to be allies in peace, to govern the empire equally So long as he stays on his side of the world, and l'll stay on mine l'll take the lands of the east... including Egypt Of course, who better to govern a land of such decadence and luxury? That would be agreeable, except that l have business in Egypt You want to avoid a civil war, then you will stay out of Egypt You can have everything else Take it or leave it Very well, then l'll take Spain, Gaul and Africa Then it's agreed The east for Antony, the west for Octavius l mean, Caesar Are we understood? Well that depends... a private pact between two powers can be a frail thing l think our new friendship requires a more...personal guarantee Meaning what, exactly? A more binding union l have a sister, Octavia You have no wife And you'd be a member of our family Then our interests would be the same l'll even make you a wedding present, the Roman legions in Gaul Do you accept? You must help her get Antony out of her head, you must She should not fear Antony's marriage to Octavia! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please awaken! Do not destroy yourself for the sake of Antony Do not name that traitor! lsis...lsis... please help me This is me And there on the right, are you But it doesn't look like me! lt's not supposed to All Pharaohs are made to look alike, because our line is timeless and unchanging Forgive me, l didn't mean to frighten you My brethren and l welcome you, Daughter of lsis, to the Temple of the Sun Why are you here, Goddess? l thought it was time for my son to learn about our gods, and perhaps find answers about myself About my destiny You'll find them here Come with me Alone, please This is where your father the sun comes every morning... to touch the sacred obelisk and greet the day The sun is reborn! The Sacred Cobra, Goddess Your protectress Ordinary men she kills but if she bites an immortal such as yourself, it's a gift The fangs of the cobra can take you directly to the gods Mardian! Mardian! Yes, yes, yes Where's my navy? Where's my army? Get me the generals! Get me the admirals! The Romans are attacking lt's Marc Antony, Your Majesty! What is taking him so long? Apparently Alexandria has taken a liking to Lord Antony My most gracious Queen My most unexpected guest My humble respects, King Ptolemy Caesar, Lord of Two Lands This little creature found its way onto my ship l thought perhaps he might make you a suitable companion l hope you and he can become great friends Thank you...general Why have you come? Are you here to collect taxes? Steal grain for Egypt's debt? lnspect your conquest? l'm here to taste Egypt's pleasures and to bear you a fine gift Myself! Marc Antony comes not to conquer Egypt, but to surrender to her charms l had no feelings for Octavia l only did that to guarantee peace You were my friend, yet you marry my worst enemy's sister! There was a reason... Octavius... Has the greatest soldier in the world become the greatest liar? l trusted you! l had to secure the East in order to protect you To protect your own interests! Octavius has pledged to stay out of Egypt And you believe him? Will you please be silent! Gods above! How could you? Forget Octavia! l married for convenience... but now l live for love Cleopatra, there is a great noise in my heart My eyes, they are clear now because l see only you Everything l could ever want, everything l could ever treasure... is right here, with you! l give myself to you, my Queen l'm yours now ln the eyes of the gods, we are already one! l give myself, l give myself to Egypt l can never get enough of you Do you feel the same? Yes, Egypt l could never leave you We have so much to do together So much to see and explore... And conquer? l was talking about your country l want to learn everything about it... every detail l haven't felt this alive since... Shh, don't talk about the past Your life is just beginning Citizens of Alexandria! l stand before you with all the might of Rome And l hereby declare that Queen Cleopatra, widow of Gaius Julius Caesar, was his once true and legal wife! And that their child, Ptolemy Caesar, is the true, legitimate and only son of great Caesar! Come forth, young Caesar! Let your people see you! Let it be known throughout the world that l, Marcus Antonius, have renounced my false Roman marriage... and have taken as my wife Queen Cleopatra... and as a token of this great union... l hereby bequeath, to the throne of Ptolemy, the land of Syria, to the limits of its borders! Not only does he proclaim an Egyptian bastard as heir to Rome, he secedes the wealth of Syria to a foreign power! Shame! Shame! Now, far be it for me to say that Marc Antony is not an honorable man Yet there he remains, in the east, wallowing in the mud with the whore of the Nile, caught by the same hook as Caesar l submit to you, fellow Romans, that Marc Antony has broken the pact between us He has! He has! For the good of the empire l, as co-consul, must do as Roman justice commands me l hereby declare a just and righteous war against Antony and Cleopatra! Generals! Come quickly! Octavius! Ah, Generals Grattius, Cornelius Try one of these cakes They're hard to come by in Gaul What are you doing here? l've come to take command These are Antony's men You have a letter from Antony? Antony is no longer relevant to Roman affairs His thoughts are only of Egypt and Cleopatra l will not surrender the Gallic legions, unless Antony personally instructs me to do so Then you will die These men are loyal to Antony Yes, but they will follow your lead Antony! Antony! Stop him! Move! Get after him! He's wonderful with the child l shouldn't wonder, he's a child himself You would do well not to disparage Antony is my presence Are you that much in love with him? ls your judgement that clouded? l am in love, Olympos, but my mind is clear Egypt needs him We need Antony's strength You haven't really tested his strength Only his weaknesses What do you mean? You are strong, my queen You have the metal to seize and heel the world But Antony, he wants only to seize you And that makes him weak You're wrong, Olympos Antony does share the vision And he's not weak Grattius! What is it? Why are you come to Alexandria? Your Lordship Octavius has stolen your legions in Gaul General Cornelius? Dead He's deliberately flaunting me! Octavius has broken his pledge lmperator, go to Rome! Take your grievance to the Senate Strike, first, that's what you said, isn't it? A civil war? Romans against Romans, Antony! You must talk to the Senate! Take the world, before it takes you? We'll not wait for Octavius to come to us We'll go to him Your fleet, my queen, there, is Octavius More than an equal match, l think l don't like it What don't you like, General? lt's a bad business, attacking by sea lf we really mean to defeat them, we should do it the Roman way strike quickly, by land! Octavius has us blockaded inside the gulf, General We have no choice We must fight our way out But General, it's full of dangers The enemy is upon us, comrades Prepare your stations lt will be decided here May the gods favor us There's Marc Antony's ship Faster! Faster! Marc Antony thinks this is a cavalry charge lf it's a fight he wants... Patience, patience We'll draw him in He's going too fast! He's too far forward! He's sailing into a trap! Pull back! Octavius! Boarders! Your Majesty, you must go below Drive them back! Fight for your Queen! Force them back! Where is Antony? We must find him! His flagship sank, Your Majesty He might still be alive.. Forgive me, but he can't survive that Octavius will be searching for you, my Queen l can't leave him here l must do something! You must save yourself while you can! For Egypt! Antony! Take out the purple sails, have them ready to hoist before Alexandria Our victory sails? You heard me, now do it! As you wish, Your Highness Exactly as l wish Place the garlands on the bow On the masts as well And have the men ready to sing a victory chant... before we sail into Alexandria l shall not allow my people to see their Queen in defeat lsis, my mother don't turn from me now Don't turn from Egypt No! No! lt's over now lt's over l have good news for you! Antony! Leave us Leave us Oh, l thought you were dead! l am dead No...no, don't say that This place is like a gigantic tomb you stay here long enough one becomes mummified You deserted me! They told me you were dead! What should l have done? l saw something tonight that l could not believe The city...in victory l had to buy time To keep my people from panic, to organize a defense A defense? What defense? Octavius has defeated us completely! He has not defeated me! l still rule Egypt How! By lying to your people? How could you let them believe we've triumphed... when we've failed so miserably? We'll triumph, Antony, we will make that falsehood come true You've humiliated me with this vile hypocrisy! As if l haven't been humiliated enough! Be quiet! Your men will hear you! My men? What men? The bottom of the sea is littered with the bones of my men You still have four legions loyal to you Four legions Have you given up hope Perhaps l have Caesar once stopped a whole army with only two legions l'm not Caesar! l am not a god, l am not a king l'm a man l'm just a man who reached for too big a prize! Where is he now? Octavius has taken Pelusium That quickly Give these to Rufio Have him deliver them to Octavius But these are the emblems of your office! Send them to him with this letter l am offering my abdication if he'll spare Caesarian... and let him sit on the throne of Egypt But why, Your Majesty? Has it really come to this? There is no other recourse We must buy time Go now! Down Out of my way! Stop it! What? What? Why did you stop... Welcome, welcome Aphrodite! Welcome to Bacchus's beach! Octavius has reached Ashkelon Ashkelon is weeks away from Alexandria Come and dance with us come on ... purge your demons! How long are you going to stay drunk? How would you prefer me? Perhaps riding in the head of my four legions to meet him in battle? For yet another victory celebration? A true king is not a coward! l am not a coward l am merely a fool in exile with no place to hide except my wife's country Enough! Enough! Everybody out! Out Be well l trusted you l believed in you l, l believed in your strength Could l have misjudged you? You misjudged yourself lt may be your nature to see victory in defeat But it's not mine, l fear...l fear... l fear l can lead no more... l should have died...l should have... where's my sword? l had a sword... l must die... l must die with honor My men believed in me... l must have it... Stop it! Give me my sword! Give me my sword! l must have my honor! This is no honor! ls this how you want them to remember you? A man who no longer believes in himself? Stand up! Stand up and fight! Be a man! You want me to be a man? Yes...Antony, look at me! Look at me! We'll fight! You may tell your Queen, Rufio, that l've received her tokens of submission and am most grateful As to the request to spare her son l can not answer that for the moment Why are you still loyal to her? Has she enchanted you as well? l'm under orders from Caesar... Caesar is dead! l am Caesar now You could be my ears in Alexandria Very well, then Tell her that, before l can accept her offer, l would require some gesture of sincerity... tell her to deliver to me... the head of Marc Antony You may go... Provide Octavius with what he requires and you'll find him most grateful No You must Your Majesty, in the name of lsis, please, do not forsake your country, your own child Not for love lt would be like stabbing my own heart Better Antony than Egypt Better that than your own son's life! Take the knife l want to share something with you Come... What's this? Another temple of death? lt's my tomb, Antony When l die, it will be sealed tight Here is where l'll lie, but not be confined Beyond flesh, l will journey to the next life and back at will And there, my sweet, noble king, l have reserved a place for you to travel with me l will lie anywhere with you, Cleopatra, but l'm not ready to accept death, not, not yet Tonight, l had a dream l was winning a great battle! ln the desert! Even the ground was in my favor Octavius' army was marching on impossible terrain no place to deploy, nowhere to maneuver his army lf l strike him, and l strike him hard and fast, l can stop his momentum... And finish him in the desert! That's right! So we may finally realise your vision... of uniting the east and west in a new Golden Age of light, of love, and dominion Antony! Let me and my men come with you No, l need someone here l can trust You'll see that the Queen is safe? On my life These are just ornaments Still, Octavius will not have them Your Majesty, this is the whole list? You must complete this side Yes Where is Caesarian? l haven't seen him of late Why do you wish to know? No reason l fear for his safety, that is all l'm sworn to protect him as well as yourself, Your Majesty Thank you, Rufio For your loyalty There were supposed to be only six legions! lmperator, we must withdraw Have you lost your courage, General? lt's not a question of courage These are Roman soldiers lt's not right for them to have to fight their fellow countrymen We fight to win, Commander? We fight to win! Charge! Anthony! Get Olympos! We must get Caesarian out of the city now! Caesarian, Caesarian! You're going on a trip A beautiful ship is going to take you to lndia, a land of many wonders Aren't you coming with me? No, Mama has to stay here Are you going to die? No l don't want you to die! l don't want to go! What news? We couldn't stop them...too many! Octavius is coming! You must go my son You know why? Because you are the future of Egypt l don't want to go! l don't want to go! He will be safe with me He is Egypt, that is all l've ever lived for! And now he must live for you! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ls Marc Antony alive? l do not know, my Queen But you have to flee the city Octavius' army will be here within the hour! No! l will wait for my king Your Majesty... there are documents that have to be destroyed... Go! Go! Have you seen Caesarian? Where is he? Have you seen the child? Where's the child? Out of my way! What're you doing here? Your Queen needs you on guard! Where's the boy? He's not here, by the blessings of lsis Not here? What do you mean? lt doesn't matter, he's safe Listen to me, Mardian Caesarian is in grave danger Now you must tell me where to find him Yes, but l promised the Queen...that l... l'm the only one who can protect him! He's out of the country, isn't he? Where? Judea, Syria? No matter, we'll find him Why are you doing this? How can you turn against your Queen? She's not my Queen, you fat, little fool! l answer only to Rome Traitor! Traitor! Goddess! Goddess! l brought you this from the Temple of the Sun, Goddess, to help you speed your way Out of the way! Tell your Queen it's Marc Antony! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! lt's Antony! Antony! lt's Antony! He lives! Bring him inside! Close up the gates! Hail, Caesar! Did you kill the boy? Antony, my husband... my love...don't leave without me! Look at me, Antony, look at me! As you command...my Queen We lost the day... ln my eyes, you are greatness l'm here, l'm here with you Don't stay... don't stay with me...fight! l'm not leaving you! l'll be waiting for you in the next life l see nothing but you! l'll never be further from you than this! Antony! Queen Cleopatra! Come out Yield yourself to me! Open this door! ls she alive? l don't know Get the battering ram! Caesar... So, Antony has gone to join Caesar No, he's here with me Take the riches of Egypt Then let me die properly l have no desire for you to die l've conquered a great country, a great Queen lt's my wish that you accompany me to Rome So you can walk me behind your chariots...you Egyptian prize? Octavius' trophy? That would do, yes l answer to no earthly superior, much less a mortal like yourself l am a goddess! l am immortal! Ah yes, the Daughter of lsis You and l are very much alike Compelled to follow our own natures, fulfill our destinies But l have won, Cleopatra And you will come to Rome! l will come with you to Rome But l want something in return Anything, l can be very generous Let my son rule Egypt Not for the moment, no Then let me give Antony an Egyptian burial Here, in this place Then l will come to you as the Queen of Egypt, bowing to the might of Rome Very well l'll need time to prepare And the emblems of my office? Of course, you can have them l have no use for them l have what l want Make sure she doesn't harm herself Wait for me, Antony l won't be long Where is our Queen? What have you done with her? Why weren't you here to protect me, Rufio? l regret that it was not possible, Your Majesty We need to be alone to pray Away from Roman eyes l'm afraid l can't allow that You should know our ways by now Don't you trust me? l've trusted you all these years Where is our Queen? What have you done with her? We want our Queen! We want our Queen! Open the doors, Your Majesty! Open them now... or l'll have to break them down! Get the ram! Citizens of Alexandria, you have nothing to fear from Caesar Egypt and Rome have always been close... Magnificent, isn't it? We want our Queen! We want our Queen! We want our Queen! Bring the basket now, quickly Your Majesty, let us come with you, on your journey lt's a longer journey than you may care to take We have no one but you You're our only world Then we shall go to the next world together Your Queen ... Your Queen accepts Caesar as her friend and sovereign what is that? Come! Take me to lsis! Again! Put your backs into it! Get these doors open! Lie me down One night more, then the sun will be reborn... And the waters of the Nile... The Nile will rise... and...fall... lt's giving! Come on! Leave us Wait for me You've won, Cleopatra Farewell, Egypt