1 00:00:10,741 --> 00:00:14,416 By reports, the reception in the streets is extraordinary. 2 00:00:14,621 --> 00:00:17,818 The queen has instructed the procession to move slowly... 3 00:00:18,061 --> 00:00:20,256 ...for the people's enjoyment. 4 00:00:20,501 --> 00:00:25,291 I might almost believe Cleopatra set out to capture the citizens of Rome. 5 00:00:25,501 --> 00:00:28,811 One would have every reason for believing exactly that. 6 00:05:42,101 --> 00:05:45,810 Nothing like this has come into Rome since Romulus and Remus. 7 00:06:37,621 --> 00:06:40,010 How unafraid he is. 8 00:06:40,381 --> 00:06:42,815 How unafraid he is. 9 00:08:45,501 --> 00:08:48,140 Your queen has conquered the people of Rome. 10 00:08:48,341 --> 00:08:50,696 The people, yes. 11 00:09:02,141 --> 00:09:05,292 Now then, walk like a king. Head up. 12 00:09:05,501 --> 00:09:07,253 Listen to them cheer. 13 00:09:07,461 --> 00:09:09,213 Take your throne. 14 00:09:09,421 --> 00:09:11,730 Bow to the right, left. 15 00:09:11,941 --> 00:09:15,013 Now an angry glance at someone who's displeased you. 16 00:09:16,141 --> 00:09:19,292 Very good. I tremble. See me tremble? 17 00:09:20,381 --> 00:09:22,053 No, don't smile. 18 00:09:22,301 --> 00:09:24,861 Not when they're trembling. It makes them stop. 19 00:09:25,101 --> 00:09:28,138 Now the prisoners are dragged before you, one by one. 20 00:09:28,381 --> 00:09:31,532 This one has no power anywhere, therefore means nothing. 21 00:09:31,781 --> 00:09:35,854 But you wish to be known as a noble ruler. What do you say? 22 00:09:36,621 --> 00:09:38,896 "I pardon you." 23 00:09:39,141 --> 00:09:42,099 Louder. You pardon somebody, you want it known. 24 00:09:42,341 --> 00:09:45,617 "I pardon you!" 25 00:09:48,141 --> 00:09:49,859 Ah, now, who comes here? 26 00:09:50,101 --> 00:09:54,333 Once your friend. You trusted him, and he turned against you. 27 00:09:54,581 --> 00:09:56,651 He has power, wealth and family. 28 00:09:56,901 --> 00:09:59,893 He kneels. He begs you to be his friend again. 29 00:10:00,101 --> 00:10:02,012 To have you trust him again. 30 00:10:02,221 --> 00:10:04,610 And then? What then, little king? 31 00:10:13,141 --> 00:10:16,372 Caesar must wish what needs commanding. 32 00:10:16,581 --> 00:10:19,618 To drain the Pontine Marshes. To free Rome from malaria. 33 00:10:19,821 --> 00:10:21,493 To fill my belly. 34 00:10:21,741 --> 00:10:24,209 To control the Tiber's floods. 35 00:10:24,421 --> 00:10:28,130 To improve the harbor at Ostia. To please my ambition. 36 00:10:28,381 --> 00:10:31,851 And must I wish roads to be built, libraries for public use? 37 00:10:32,101 --> 00:10:34,899 The men of Italy to be equal to those of Rome? 38 00:10:35,101 --> 00:10:37,899 Many of these have merits and merit our approval. 39 00:10:38,101 --> 00:10:42,140 "Merit your approval." Is Caesar to come before the Senate each day... 40 00:10:42,381 --> 00:10:45,293 ...like a schoolboy, now passing, now failing? 41 00:10:45,501 --> 00:10:49,335 Do you suggest the Senate no longer deliberate the welfare of Rome? 42 00:10:49,541 --> 00:10:51,532 To end the process of Roman law? 43 00:10:51,741 --> 00:10:56,019 I must be the law! And my word must be the welfare of Rome. 44 00:10:57,221 --> 00:11:01,612 Else, take from me this meaningless title of dictator. 45 00:11:02,341 --> 00:11:04,411 I've carried a sword for too long. 46 00:11:04,661 --> 00:11:07,812 I cannot now pretend with an empty scabbard. 47 00:11:09,901 --> 00:11:13,177 Surely Caesar recalls the symbolic nature of the title "dictator"... 48 00:11:13,381 --> 00:11:15,212 ...at the time it was conferred. 49 00:11:15,421 --> 00:11:17,651 It was to honor Caesar above all men... 50 00:11:17,901 --> 00:11:21,450 ...and to indicate Rome's gratitude for your triumphs in its name. 51 00:11:22,461 --> 00:11:26,420 Brutus, I recall them well, those triumphs. 52 00:11:26,621 --> 00:11:28,100 Do you? 53 00:11:28,341 --> 00:11:31,174 Pharsalia, for one. You trembled in Antony's hand... 54 00:11:31,381 --> 00:11:34,259 ...when he was hot to separate you from your head... 55 00:11:34,501 --> 00:11:35,854 ...with just cause. 56 00:11:36,661 --> 00:11:38,652 My command spared your life. 57 00:11:38,861 --> 00:11:42,251 There was no deliberating body. It was not my wish, but my command. 58 00:11:42,461 --> 00:11:46,739 By my dictate that you stand here dribbling virtue out of your mouth. 59 00:11:46,941 --> 00:11:48,420 Sit down. 60 00:11:49,381 --> 00:11:53,135 No, I want no more meaningless privileges and considerations. 61 00:11:53,341 --> 00:11:56,094 No more honors designed to pacify me. 62 00:11:56,301 --> 00:11:59,338 I would rather have nothing. Remain what I am at heart. 63 00:11:59,541 --> 00:12:02,419 A humble man, anxious only to serve. 64 00:12:04,661 --> 00:12:08,017 Why are the eyes of a statue always without life? 65 00:12:10,301 --> 00:12:12,576 Have any of you here seen the Nile? 66 00:12:12,781 --> 00:12:14,976 Spare yourselves the journey. 67 00:12:15,181 --> 00:12:17,820 She carries it within her eyes. 68 00:12:18,901 --> 00:12:21,176 I suggest, Caesar, that the hour is late. 69 00:12:21,381 --> 00:12:23,212 Very late for Rome. 70 00:12:23,421 --> 00:12:25,332 I was speaking, Cassius! I was... 71 00:12:28,941 --> 00:12:30,260 Now, where was I? 72 00:12:30,501 --> 00:12:32,332 "Anxious to serve." 73 00:12:33,701 --> 00:12:37,580 Yes, I've served. Served for all of my life. 74 00:12:37,781 --> 00:12:40,659 I�ve won for Rome more than half of the world. 75 00:12:40,861 --> 00:12:43,773 Most of you owe your honors and fortunes to me. 76 00:12:43,981 --> 00:12:47,610 And now I want you to do as I say. 77 00:12:48,421 --> 00:12:50,412 You will appoint me... 78 00:12:50,621 --> 00:12:53,010 ...emperor of Rome. 79 00:12:58,581 --> 00:13:00,811 There is no need to resume your seats. 80 00:13:01,461 --> 00:13:05,295 On behalf of all, thank you, Majesty, for your hospitality. 81 00:13:07,381 --> 00:13:08,814 Good night. 82 00:13:12,501 --> 00:13:14,810 Thank you and good night. 83 00:13:23,741 --> 00:13:28,292 They resent being summoned here for meetings properly held in the Senate. 84 00:13:28,501 --> 00:13:30,617 Resent it, do they? 85 00:13:31,781 --> 00:13:33,931 I cannot understand... 86 00:13:34,181 --> 00:13:38,618 ...that the eyes of a statue should be always without life. 87 00:13:43,421 --> 00:13:45,013 They resent me. 88 00:13:45,261 --> 00:13:47,729 To flaunt me like this. 89 00:13:47,981 --> 00:13:51,212 They'll use it to keep from you that which is yours. 90 00:13:52,541 --> 00:13:55,613 By divine right, is that not so? 91 00:13:57,381 --> 00:13:59,576 Yes. It is. 92 00:14:01,261 --> 00:14:03,616 By divine right. 93 00:14:04,101 --> 00:14:08,617 We shall have the Senate, in its deliberations, deliberate that. 94 00:14:17,181 --> 00:14:19,649 Are you quite sure what it is you want... 95 00:14:19,901 --> 00:14:21,175 ...so desperately? 96 00:14:21,381 --> 00:14:23,941 I�ve always been sure. 97 00:14:25,061 --> 00:14:26,176 And Caesar? 98 00:14:27,981 --> 00:14:29,778 Does anyone speak for him? 99 00:14:32,541 --> 00:14:34,020 No. 100 00:14:34,781 --> 00:14:36,214 Good night. 101 00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:46,135 Tell me, Brutus, is it proper to stand before this goddess... 102 00:14:46,381 --> 00:14:49,851 ...Caesar's set here in the temple? - Or must we, as Romans, kneel? 103 00:14:50,061 --> 00:14:54,054 Not yet. See there, where room has been left for another deity? 104 00:14:54,301 --> 00:14:57,816 When the god Caesar stands beside the goddess Cleopatra... 105 00:14:58,061 --> 00:14:59,813 ...then Rome will crawl before them. 106 00:15:00,021 --> 00:15:01,932 When that day comes, if it comes. 107 00:15:02,181 --> 00:15:06,060 - He demanded we make him emperor. - Only once, and it was his sickness. 108 00:15:06,261 --> 00:15:08,821 His sickness grows worse. Soon it will kill us. 109 00:15:09,021 --> 00:15:12,934 He asked once to be made emperor, but he's since decreed himself god! 110 00:15:13,141 --> 00:15:17,532 Emperor and god. No longer just king, but emperor and god! 111 00:15:17,741 --> 00:15:21,131 - Brutus, open your eyes! - What do you want of me? 112 00:15:21,341 --> 00:15:23,855 When the people think upon the honor of Rome... 113 00:15:24,101 --> 00:15:26,171 ...they think upon one man: Brutus. 114 00:15:26,381 --> 00:15:29,134 By that honor and by the responsibility you carry... 115 00:15:29,341 --> 00:15:31,775 ...Brutus, save Rome from Caesar! 116 00:15:31,981 --> 00:15:34,370 You cannot ask me to destroy him. 117 00:15:34,581 --> 00:15:37,618 Then let Caesar destroy Rome. 118 00:15:54,341 --> 00:15:58,414 Antony has just come from a meeting of my friends with good news. 119 00:15:58,621 --> 00:16:02,773 Tomorrow at the Senate, Lucius Cotta will move that I be made king. 120 00:16:02,981 --> 00:16:04,812 It will pass. 121 00:16:05,341 --> 00:16:07,855 But I don't understand. 122 00:16:08,061 --> 00:16:10,097 King and emperor. 123 00:16:10,301 --> 00:16:11,859 And it will pass? 124 00:16:12,101 --> 00:16:14,490 The last few months, I've been enjoying... 125 00:16:14,701 --> 00:16:17,135 ...one of the few privileges of being dictator. 126 00:16:17,341 --> 00:16:19,172 I have been appointing senators. 127 00:16:19,381 --> 00:16:23,420 Slightly more than half the Senate has been appointed by me. 128 00:16:24,021 --> 00:16:27,093 Once again, the army of Mithradates... 129 00:16:27,301 --> 00:16:29,531 ...on its way all the time. 130 00:16:29,741 --> 00:16:31,015 It will pass. 131 00:16:31,261 --> 00:16:34,219 Tomorrow, the ides of March, a day to be remembered... 132 00:16:34,421 --> 00:16:36,935 ...the Senate will declare me king of Rome. 133 00:16:37,141 --> 00:16:39,132 King, yes, but not of Rome. 134 00:16:40,021 --> 00:16:42,694 Not of Rome? What are you saying? 135 00:16:42,941 --> 00:16:46,058 They'll offer you king of the Roman Empire, outside Italy. 136 00:16:47,941 --> 00:16:50,819 They're afraid, Caesar. Even your friends. 137 00:16:51,021 --> 00:16:52,613 Afraid of the people. 138 00:16:52,821 --> 00:16:56,655 - Perhaps in time... - To be afraid of the people. 139 00:16:56,861 --> 00:16:58,738 To waste time on the people. 140 00:16:58,941 --> 00:17:01,739 King of all but Rome? 141 00:17:01,981 --> 00:17:05,098 What is there? The huts of Gaul? The caves of Britain? 142 00:17:05,341 --> 00:17:08,299 The whole of the empire outside Italy. 143 00:17:08,981 --> 00:17:10,733 I will not accept. 144 00:17:10,981 --> 00:17:13,973 They mean it to be an empty gesture. 145 00:17:14,181 --> 00:17:17,218 Another title to please your fancy, flatter your ego. 146 00:17:17,461 --> 00:17:18,814 Nothing more. 147 00:17:20,261 --> 00:17:22,217 And it will pass. 148 00:17:23,581 --> 00:17:25,492 Then accept it, Caesar. 149 00:17:25,861 --> 00:17:28,216 I have never settled for half a victory. 150 00:17:28,461 --> 00:17:31,817 Nor will you now. Caesar, mighty Caesar... 151 00:17:32,021 --> 00:17:34,615 ...all I can say is what you've taught me: 152 00:17:34,861 --> 00:17:39,059 Take a little, then a little more until finally you have it all. 153 00:17:39,901 --> 00:17:41,812 Let them declare you king. 154 00:17:42,021 --> 00:17:44,933 Even if it's only of a tree in Asia Minor. 155 00:17:45,181 --> 00:17:46,819 The rest will come to you. 156 00:17:47,061 --> 00:17:50,098 To redo once more everything I have already done? 157 00:17:50,301 --> 00:17:55,056 It's what you have never done, what you never conquered that waits for you. 158 00:17:55,261 --> 00:17:59,937 The great legions of Rome in the outer empire that will become your legions. 159 00:18:00,141 --> 00:18:04,020 The gold, the power of Egypt. Your Egypt. 160 00:18:04,221 --> 00:18:08,453 Caesar, you can conquer and hold the world as your own. 161 00:18:08,661 --> 00:18:11,175 Won't you understand? 162 00:18:11,381 --> 00:18:15,260 Kings are not elected. Gods are not elected. 163 00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:19,420 Why, not only Rome but all of Italy upon which Rome stands... 164 00:18:19,661 --> 00:18:22,221 ...must fall in your hands like a drop of sweat. 165 00:18:22,421 --> 00:18:24,298 Let them make you what they choose. 166 00:18:24,541 --> 00:18:26,850 I�ll serve with you. My legions with yours. 167 00:18:27,061 --> 00:18:31,976 Together we'll conquer a world beyond the wildest dreams of Alexander. 168 00:18:32,181 --> 00:18:34,900 Rome. What was Rome when Sulla died... 169 00:18:35,141 --> 00:18:37,974 ...when Crassus lost the armies in Parthia? 170 00:18:38,221 --> 00:18:40,860 These same men came after me through the streets... 171 00:18:41,101 --> 00:18:44,616 ...howling like frightened dogs, "Caesar, save us!" 172 00:18:44,821 --> 00:18:47,016 They would've made me king then. 173 00:18:47,221 --> 00:18:49,576 I wouldn't let them then. 174 00:18:59,541 --> 00:19:02,851 He was thrown over the wall. It's not a pretty sight. 175 00:19:03,221 --> 00:19:05,177 Titus, the moneylender. 176 00:19:05,421 --> 00:19:08,777 Why should he be killed savagely and brought here? 177 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:11,779 Obviously, I am being warned. 178 00:19:11,981 --> 00:19:13,733 Perhaps I am next. 179 00:19:13,941 --> 00:19:16,011 They dare to threaten you? 180 00:19:16,261 --> 00:19:18,980 - Caesarion. Where was my son...? - Not far away. 181 00:19:19,181 --> 00:19:21,058 It frightened him. 182 00:19:27,181 --> 00:19:30,969 - Lepidus, how many legions has he now? - Fifteen. Perhaps more. 183 00:19:31,181 --> 00:19:32,899 - Where? - Scythia. 184 00:19:33,141 --> 00:19:35,371 You and I will dine with Lepidus tonight. 185 00:19:35,581 --> 00:19:39,290 We'll talk of armies and battlefields and lists of men to die. 186 00:19:39,541 --> 00:19:43,693 Tomorrow in the Senate, let them offer the sands of Libya as my kingdom... 187 00:19:43,901 --> 00:19:45,778 ...I will accept. 188 00:20:24,221 --> 00:20:26,576 This is great Caesar... 189 00:20:26,821 --> 00:20:28,777 ...beloved by Rome... 190 00:20:29,621 --> 00:20:32,055 ...and at least one of us... 191 00:20:32,261 --> 00:20:35,412 ...who must die so that Rome may live. 192 00:20:35,661 --> 00:20:40,177 Lf it must be done, then let us do it unashamed and unafraid. 193 00:20:40,661 --> 00:20:44,176 Lf the world is to know that Rome will not have a king... 194 00:20:44,381 --> 00:20:48,420 ...then let us make it the honorable act of free men in the light of day. 195 00:20:48,621 --> 00:20:50,691 In the light of what day, Brutus? 196 00:20:50,901 --> 00:20:52,573 Tomorrow? 197 00:20:53,701 --> 00:20:57,171 In the curia of the Senate? 198 00:20:58,061 --> 00:21:00,973 And shall we be armed, all of us? 199 00:21:06,141 --> 00:21:10,578 Decimus, come to Caesar's villa early tomorrow to escort him to the Senate. 200 00:21:10,781 --> 00:21:14,899 Cimber, Marc Antony must not enter the curia with Caesar. 201 00:21:15,101 --> 00:21:19,538 On a pretext, lead him aside to speak of what you heard at Lepidus' house. 202 00:21:19,741 --> 00:21:22,130 I remember something odd. 203 00:21:22,341 --> 00:21:24,809 At one point, Caesar asked of each of us... 204 00:21:25,021 --> 00:21:27,694 ...what manner of death we would choose. 205 00:21:27,941 --> 00:21:31,377 And Caesar, when it came to him, looked straight at me and said: 206 00:21:31,581 --> 00:21:33,378 "Sudden." 207 00:21:35,221 --> 00:21:37,177 Odd, isn't it? 208 00:21:59,461 --> 00:22:01,611 I was afraid I'd find you still asleep. 209 00:22:01,861 --> 00:22:05,012 Caesarion is. He was awake most of the night. 210 00:22:05,221 --> 00:22:06,939 Did the storm frighten him? 211 00:22:07,141 --> 00:22:10,929 He said not, but it did. I could tell. 212 00:22:11,141 --> 00:22:12,859 Have you time to come in? 213 00:22:13,061 --> 00:22:17,532 Decimus awaits. He came by expressly to accompany me to the Senate. 214 00:22:17,741 --> 00:22:20,096 Decimus? Has he done this before? 215 00:22:20,341 --> 00:22:21,854 A shrewd politician. 216 00:22:22,101 --> 00:22:25,537 He hopes to benefit by arriving with me, this day of days. 217 00:22:25,741 --> 00:22:28,050 Keep Antony close by. 218 00:22:29,901 --> 00:22:31,698 You too? 219 00:22:31,901 --> 00:22:34,734 The ladies of Rome seem to have caught each other's fears this morning. 220 00:22:34,941 --> 00:22:36,659 Like a head cold. 221 00:22:36,861 --> 00:22:39,933 Calpurnia pleaded with me not to go to the Senate at all. 222 00:22:40,141 --> 00:22:43,417 Why? Why would she not want you to go? 223 00:22:43,661 --> 00:22:45,777 Oh, the bad night. Nothing else. 224 00:22:46,021 --> 00:22:49,331 She awoke screaming in her sleep. The thunder, the lightning. 225 00:22:49,541 --> 00:22:53,580 She dreamed that she saw me murdered. That she saw me... 226 00:22:53,821 --> 00:22:55,891 ...or a statue of me covered in blood. 227 00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:59,497 The servants told her of seeing men of fire in the heavens... 228 00:22:59,701 --> 00:23:01,612 ...odd happenings and so forth. 229 00:23:01,821 --> 00:23:04,415 Strange birds were seen in the Forum. 230 00:23:04,621 --> 00:23:09,490 One flew into the Senate carrying a sprig of laurel which it dropped... 231 00:23:09,741 --> 00:23:12,175 ...at the base of Pompey's statue. 232 00:23:12,461 --> 00:23:13,974 Pompey? 233 00:23:15,261 --> 00:23:19,459 - Caesar, I'm afraid. - You must not tell me to stay away. 234 00:23:19,701 --> 00:23:21,771 Shall I too be afraid? 235 00:23:22,021 --> 00:23:26,060 Can it be said of Caesar, he gave up the world because of a thunderstorm? 236 00:23:26,261 --> 00:23:29,970 That such divinity that was in him ran before mortal superstition? 237 00:23:30,781 --> 00:23:32,772 I feel you need me now... 238 00:23:32,981 --> 00:23:34,699 ...and I cannot help you. 239 00:23:34,941 --> 00:23:39,856 Then help me to live as I have lived, always differently from the rest. 240 00:23:40,221 --> 00:23:44,214 The others, for whom life is merely an endless fear of dying. 241 00:23:45,741 --> 00:23:47,379 Your gods... 242 00:23:47,581 --> 00:23:50,379 ...and mine go with you, Caesar. 243 00:23:52,381 --> 00:23:56,499 The world, except for you, is filled with little men. 244 00:25:00,181 --> 00:25:02,172 Fire burns. 245 00:25:02,421 --> 00:25:04,981 Fire burns. 246 00:25:05,741 --> 00:25:08,335 The winds of destruction blow. 247 00:25:10,021 --> 00:25:11,898 Rome... 248 00:25:12,141 --> 00:25:15,975 ...mighty and alone, the winds of destruction blow down upon thee! 249 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:18,297 Storms and hail shall cut down wheat... 250 00:25:18,501 --> 00:25:21,254 ...shall cut down birds and living things of earth. 251 00:25:21,461 --> 00:25:23,577 The heavens... 252 00:25:23,861 --> 00:25:26,421 ...and the gods themselves. 253 00:27:33,941 --> 00:27:36,375 My son! 254 00:27:51,021 --> 00:27:52,420 Caesar! Caesar! 255 00:27:52,661 --> 00:27:54,492 Caesar! Caesar! 256 00:30:32,781 --> 00:30:34,612 There has been much to do. 257 00:30:34,861 --> 00:30:37,773 And it seems you have done it extremely well. 258 00:30:40,181 --> 00:30:42,217 Ls that where...? 259 00:30:42,461 --> 00:30:43,780 Yes. 260 00:30:46,661 --> 00:30:51,177 In Egypt, we build eternal monuments to our dead heroes. 261 00:30:51,501 --> 00:30:54,254 Here, you burn them like rubbish. 262 00:30:54,501 --> 00:30:55,570 Goodbye. 263 00:30:55,781 --> 00:30:58,773 I've brought the 10th Legion. You have nothing to fear. 264 00:31:00,061 --> 00:31:03,531 Nothing to fear? That's no reason for staying. 265 00:31:04,861 --> 00:31:07,011 So much has happened so quickly. 266 00:31:07,221 --> 00:31:10,372 Suddenly I have the pieces of a broken world to pick up: 267 00:31:10,621 --> 00:31:13,340 Caesar, you running off at night like this. 268 00:31:13,541 --> 00:31:15,418 Do you suggest that I stay? Why? 269 00:31:15,621 --> 00:31:19,296 Don't ask me to be clear about my feelings right now. I'm tired. 270 00:31:19,741 --> 00:31:22,778 And with you, it's never easy to say my meaning. 271 00:31:23,501 --> 00:31:26,413 But you speak so well, Antony. 272 00:31:26,621 --> 00:31:29,738 I've been told how excitingly you read Caesar's will... 273 00:31:29,941 --> 00:31:33,820 ...to the sobbing, murdering, free citizens of Rome. 274 00:31:34,021 --> 00:31:38,333 Naming as his heir his great nephew, Octavian! 275 00:31:38,581 --> 00:31:40,970 I knew Caesar's will and the reasons for it. 276 00:31:41,181 --> 00:31:43,012 If Octavian hadn't been named... 277 00:31:43,261 --> 00:31:45,980 ...how many hours or minutes would you have survived? 278 00:31:47,621 --> 00:31:50,055 And if Caesar had become truly king... 279 00:31:50,261 --> 00:31:53,173 ...do you believe he would still have named Octavian? 280 00:31:55,421 --> 00:31:57,457 In any case, it's over. 281 00:31:57,661 --> 00:31:59,253 Caesar... 282 00:31:59,501 --> 00:32:02,379 ...and the dream that was murdered with him. 283 00:32:03,061 --> 00:32:05,370 First Alexander's... 284 00:32:06,381 --> 00:32:08,372 ...then Caesar's. 285 00:32:08,581 --> 00:32:10,537 Now over. Finished. 286 00:32:10,741 --> 00:32:13,255 - First, Rome must be put in order. - Rome again. 287 00:32:13,461 --> 00:32:16,055 Brutus and the others must be found and killed. 288 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:17,620 - Then? - In death... 289 00:32:17,861 --> 00:32:21,740 ...Caesar must be granted the power and title he was denied in life. 290 00:32:21,941 --> 00:32:25,650 A dead king, a dead god. Safe enough even for Rome. 291 00:32:25,901 --> 00:32:30,770 Caesarion as Caesar's son could claim the title of king and his deification. 292 00:32:31,421 --> 00:32:35,209 And to what court of law would my son and I take our claim? 293 00:32:35,421 --> 00:32:38,572 I will present it to the Roman Senate myself. 294 00:32:40,861 --> 00:32:43,375 I believe you would. 295 00:32:43,701 --> 00:32:46,852 And after the noble senators have stopped laughing... 296 00:32:47,061 --> 00:32:50,178 ...do my son and I then declare war on Rome? 297 00:32:50,381 --> 00:32:54,693 No. For this, a Caesar would be needed. 298 00:32:54,901 --> 00:32:57,369 You have very little time. 299 00:32:59,621 --> 00:33:01,577 Another Caesar. 300 00:33:01,941 --> 00:33:06,219 But thank you. I shall remember your kindness to us. 301 00:33:06,421 --> 00:33:09,174 - You give up too easily. - Do I? 302 00:33:10,141 --> 00:33:12,894 Let me come to Alexandria and talk more with you. 303 00:33:13,141 --> 00:33:16,975 - Whenever you like. - Now. Tonight, if I could. 304 00:33:19,261 --> 00:33:21,377 In any case, try to remember. 305 00:37:56,666 --> 00:38:00,784 For more than two years did Antony seek out the assassins of Caesar. 306 00:38:00,986 --> 00:38:02,704 At last, at Philippi... 307 00:38:02,946 --> 00:38:06,905 ...he was able to set against them his legions and those of Octavian... 308 00:38:07,106 --> 00:38:09,176 ...who was Caesar's heir. 309 00:38:09,386 --> 00:38:11,377 Cassius was the first to die... 310 00:38:11,586 --> 00:38:13,497 ...by his own hand. 311 00:38:13,706 --> 00:38:16,584 Then Brutus and the others. 312 00:39:50,426 --> 00:39:52,781 Hail Antony! 313 00:39:52,986 --> 00:39:55,022 Hail Antony! 314 00:39:58,266 --> 00:40:01,417 Hail Antony's legion! 315 00:40:13,386 --> 00:40:15,456 You remember Philippi. 316 00:40:16,066 --> 00:40:17,465 He won it. 317 00:40:18,906 --> 00:40:20,305 My lord. 318 00:40:21,146 --> 00:40:24,343 - This way. - But my tent is this way. 319 00:40:27,146 --> 00:40:30,661 Later. I'll see him later. Octavian depresses me. 320 00:40:31,586 --> 00:40:33,065 You promised. 321 00:40:42,906 --> 00:40:45,739 Well, the fighting's over. We've won it all. 322 00:40:45,986 --> 00:40:47,863 Your health should improve quickly. 323 00:40:48,106 --> 00:40:50,779 Even if I die, my place is with you on the field. 324 00:40:50,986 --> 00:40:53,454 - You were wrong to prevent me. - Caesar was ill. 325 00:40:53,666 --> 00:40:57,022 Caesar? Ah, yes. I keep forgetting. 326 00:40:57,226 --> 00:40:59,820 I have inherited the name. I have made it mine. 327 00:41:00,026 --> 00:41:03,860 Why not? You'll never be confused with the other one. 328 00:41:04,306 --> 00:41:07,537 At least your troops fought bravely, under my command. 329 00:41:07,746 --> 00:41:10,385 Agrippa has kept me fully informed. 330 00:41:10,626 --> 00:41:12,105 What were you doing there? 331 00:41:12,306 --> 00:41:15,935 The battle was fought on land, between men, not wood bumping on water. 332 00:41:16,146 --> 00:41:19,263 Why did you bring Agrippa? Were you expecting rain? 333 00:41:19,466 --> 00:41:22,299 Shall we choose a piece of land, just you and I? 334 00:41:22,546 --> 00:41:24,901 Be quiet. There are matters to talk about. 335 00:41:25,106 --> 00:41:27,825 Have you an objection to Agrippa remaining? 336 00:41:28,706 --> 00:41:32,665 I object to Agrippa at all times. 337 00:41:37,746 --> 00:41:39,577 Lying here, indisposed... 338 00:41:39,826 --> 00:41:42,784 ...you must have had time to consider the problem. 339 00:41:43,026 --> 00:41:45,984 I think it is best to continue the Triumvirate. 340 00:41:46,186 --> 00:41:49,258 You and I and Lepidus. 341 00:41:49,466 --> 00:41:51,058 Very well. 342 00:41:51,386 --> 00:41:55,095 Lepidus shall have Africa and the islands. You, Spain and Gaul. 343 00:41:55,306 --> 00:41:59,265 Rome and Italy to be administered by the three of us, jointly. 344 00:41:59,506 --> 00:42:01,940 - And you? - All the rest. 345 00:42:03,066 --> 00:42:06,263 Then, with Lepidus in Africa and you in the East... 346 00:42:06,466 --> 00:42:09,458 ...bringing order to Rome and Italy will be my problem. 347 00:42:09,666 --> 00:42:12,055 - So it seems. - Spain and Gaul aren't enough. 348 00:42:12,306 --> 00:42:13,534 I'll need money. 349 00:42:13,786 --> 00:42:16,664 - There have been tax riots in Rome. - So I've heard. 350 00:42:18,626 --> 00:42:19,615 Done. 351 00:42:23,146 --> 00:42:24,659 And done. 352 00:42:47,906 --> 00:42:49,862 Would Caesar approve, do you think? 353 00:42:50,066 --> 00:42:54,264 Definitely. Perhaps the veil of Isis would have bothered him a bit. 354 00:42:54,466 --> 00:42:56,263 Three years... 355 00:42:56,466 --> 00:43:00,220 ...and Rome remembers him only by the image on a gold coin. 356 00:43:00,426 --> 00:43:02,894 Are they those I brought back with me? 357 00:43:03,106 --> 00:43:04,983 When Octavian had them struck off... 358 00:43:05,186 --> 00:43:08,064 ...it was to commemorate Caesar's deification. 359 00:43:08,266 --> 00:43:12,782 So that he could inherit Caesar's divinity together with all the rest. 360 00:43:13,026 --> 00:43:15,699 Even a dead god cannot rewrite his will. 361 00:43:15,946 --> 00:43:18,779 Antony did present Caesarion's claims to the Senate. 362 00:43:18,986 --> 00:43:21,580 He kept that much of his promise. 363 00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:24,336 And he will keep the rest of it. 364 00:43:24,546 --> 00:43:27,379 After almost three years since Caesar's death... 365 00:43:27,586 --> 00:43:29,497 ...more than a year since Philippi? 366 00:43:29,706 --> 00:43:32,937 Antony will come. He will need Egypt. 367 00:43:33,146 --> 00:43:35,216 Egypt is you. 368 00:43:35,426 --> 00:43:39,658 That's what I meant, of course. Antony will need me. 369 00:43:45,186 --> 00:43:47,541 Finances! My head hurts when you talk of money. 370 00:43:47,786 --> 00:43:49,265 Change the subject. 371 00:43:49,466 --> 00:43:52,856 All right. News from Rome. 372 00:43:53,106 --> 00:43:56,655 Octavian has forced Lepidus out of his command and into exile. 373 00:44:00,826 --> 00:44:05,058 I wish I hadn't... I wish I had not drunk so much today. 374 00:44:05,266 --> 00:44:07,063 So do I. 375 00:44:07,786 --> 00:44:10,254 Do I trouble you, Rufio? 376 00:44:10,866 --> 00:44:12,458 Yes, you do. 377 00:44:14,546 --> 00:44:18,539 I'll wager Caesar was never befuddled by wine. Nothing befuddled him. 378 00:44:18,786 --> 00:44:21,061 The campaign against Parthia won't be easy. 379 00:44:21,306 --> 00:44:24,139 - How many legions have we left? - It's hard to tell. 380 00:44:24,346 --> 00:44:27,304 - So many desertions. - Desertions? 381 00:44:27,506 --> 00:44:29,861 They haven't been paid in months. 382 00:44:31,866 --> 00:44:34,096 You remember when we started into Greece? 383 00:44:34,306 --> 00:44:37,264 I lived with them, ate with them. I was one of them. 384 00:44:37,466 --> 00:44:40,822 They seem distant to me now, as if they were a memory. 385 00:44:44,826 --> 00:44:47,499 We must find the gold to pay them... 386 00:44:47,706 --> 00:44:51,494 ...the wheat to feed them, supplies, ships, armor. 387 00:44:51,746 --> 00:44:54,863 And where do you suggest we look for all these? 388 00:44:55,146 --> 00:44:57,865 - I thought perhaps further to the east. - Syria? 389 00:44:58,866 --> 00:45:01,255 - Perhaps more to the south. - Ethiopia? 390 00:45:02,146 --> 00:45:03,135 To the north... 391 00:45:03,346 --> 00:45:05,064 - I forbid her mention! - I didn't. 392 00:45:05,266 --> 00:45:07,985 I won't crawl to her! Why hasn't she offered assistance? 393 00:45:08,226 --> 00:45:10,535 - She may not know. - She knows everything. 394 00:45:10,746 --> 00:45:13,738 - Lf only in gratitude... - Perhaps she'll express it in person. 395 00:45:13,986 --> 00:45:16,625 Then let her come. Am I so much less than Caesar? 396 00:45:16,826 --> 00:45:20,023 Nor she less than queen of Egypt who you promised... 397 00:45:20,226 --> 00:45:22,820 Strip them naked, they're no longer queens. 398 00:45:23,026 --> 00:45:26,257 It is also difficult to tell the rank of a naked general. 399 00:45:26,906 --> 00:45:30,057 And generals without armies are naked, indeed. 400 00:45:30,986 --> 00:45:33,978 All right. I'll meet her halfway. 401 00:45:34,226 --> 00:45:35,659 I'll send you to her. 402 00:45:35,866 --> 00:45:39,495 - Order her to come. - Lf I order, I need not journey. 403 00:45:39,746 --> 00:45:41,259 - Then summon her. - Even worse. 404 00:45:41,466 --> 00:45:44,185 Then beg, entreat, find the word you like... 405 00:45:44,426 --> 00:45:48,465 ...pour perfume, whinny like a stallion. But see that she comes to me. 406 00:45:49,226 --> 00:45:51,694 I understand your position, Rufio. 407 00:45:51,946 --> 00:45:54,176 Surely you must understand mine. 408 00:45:54,386 --> 00:45:57,776 I do not intend to join that long list of queens... 409 00:45:57,986 --> 00:46:01,376 ...who have quivered happily at being summoned by Lord Antony. 410 00:46:01,626 --> 00:46:03,662 But surely I didn't say "summoned." 411 00:46:03,866 --> 00:46:06,938 You said "invite." He meant "summon." 412 00:46:07,186 --> 00:46:10,258 In any case, I am the queen of Egypt. 413 00:46:10,466 --> 00:46:13,503 And I choose to remain on Egyptian soil. 414 00:46:13,746 --> 00:46:16,977 Tarsus is not the other end of the world, Your Majesty. 415 00:46:17,226 --> 00:46:20,423 If it were one step from Egypt, that would be too far. 416 00:46:21,706 --> 00:46:25,062 I will meet with Lord Antony... 417 00:46:26,146 --> 00:46:28,535 ...but only on Egyptian soil. 418 00:46:29,626 --> 00:46:33,665 My lady, a way must be found, a time, a place to satisfy you both. 419 00:46:34,186 --> 00:46:35,699 Must it, Rufio? 420 00:47:49,106 --> 00:47:51,062 Cleopatra. 421 00:48:13,906 --> 00:48:15,862 Cleopatra! 422 00:48:20,306 --> 00:48:21,944 It is. 423 00:48:22,186 --> 00:48:23,858 It must be. 424 00:48:40,706 --> 00:48:42,901 She said never, except on Egyptian soil. 425 00:48:43,146 --> 00:48:45,535 "Never." Something women say to begin with. 426 00:48:45,746 --> 00:48:47,816 Welcome Queen Cleopatra on my behalf. 427 00:48:48,026 --> 00:48:51,098 Extend my invitation to a banquet in her honor. 428 00:48:51,306 --> 00:48:53,866 - Don't you think...? - Still not convinced? 429 00:48:54,066 --> 00:48:57,661 Hurry back, there's much to be done. Have the cooks sent to me. 430 00:49:32,906 --> 00:49:36,342 Forgive me, noble Rufio. It is you who do not understand. 431 00:49:36,546 --> 00:49:40,937 Queen Cleopatra, at present in her chamber, is on Egyptian territory... 432 00:49:41,186 --> 00:49:42,824 ...and intends to remain on it. 433 00:49:43,026 --> 00:49:45,540 Most learned Sosigenes, forgive me... 434 00:49:45,746 --> 00:49:47,862 ...but this is Tarsus, not Alexandria. 435 00:49:48,066 --> 00:49:51,695 You are on Tarsus, noble Rufio. I am on Egypt. 436 00:49:51,946 --> 00:49:56,224 Tonight and tomorrow night, if Lord Antony desires to meet Her Majesty... 437 00:49:56,426 --> 00:49:59,463 ...he will come to her, to Egypt. 438 00:50:01,226 --> 00:50:04,662 I shall do my best to prevail upon Lord Antony to attend. 439 00:51:56,226 --> 00:51:58,865 Marc Antony, how prompt you are. 440 00:51:59,106 --> 00:52:01,779 If I had not been, it would be unforgivable of me. 441 00:52:01,986 --> 00:52:04,898 I hoped to be here as you came aboard. 442 00:52:05,146 --> 00:52:07,706 If you had, it would be unforgivable of me. 443 00:52:07,946 --> 00:52:11,541 Be more tolerant. Forgive yourself now and then. 444 00:52:13,626 --> 00:52:17,062 Almost three years. Have you possibly become more beautiful? 445 00:52:17,306 --> 00:52:19,866 Almost three? That long? 446 00:52:20,066 --> 00:52:21,897 The time has passed so quickly. 447 00:52:22,106 --> 00:52:25,860 Your necklace. It seems to be made of gold coins. 448 00:52:26,066 --> 00:52:28,580 Coins of Caesar. 449 00:52:28,826 --> 00:52:31,294 - Do you find it attractive? - Very. 450 00:52:31,546 --> 00:52:34,583 And I find what you're wearing most becoming. 451 00:52:34,826 --> 00:52:35,941 Greek, isn't it? 452 00:52:36,186 --> 00:52:38,700 I have a fondness for almost all Greek things. 453 00:52:38,946 --> 00:52:42,825 As an almost all-Greek thing, I'm flattered. 454 00:52:47,386 --> 00:52:49,377 An unusual necklace. 455 00:52:49,626 --> 00:52:51,856 Nothing but gold coins of Caesar. 456 00:52:52,066 --> 00:52:54,580 - How did you come by it? - I had it made. 457 00:52:54,826 --> 00:52:56,862 I wear it always. 458 00:53:54,506 --> 00:53:56,258 A fabulous feast. 459 00:53:56,946 --> 00:54:00,063 One is so limited when one travels by ship. 460 00:54:00,306 --> 00:54:01,978 This fabulous ship... 461 00:54:02,226 --> 00:54:05,298 ...together with its queen, the fabulous Cleopatra. 462 00:54:06,826 --> 00:54:10,819 The name of Marc Antony is not exactly unknown to the world. 463 00:54:11,026 --> 00:54:14,621 - In the last year or so since we met... - Almost three. 464 00:54:15,106 --> 00:54:18,940 By now you have become one-third the master of Rome. 465 00:54:19,706 --> 00:54:22,266 You don't permit yourself to forget him? 466 00:54:22,866 --> 00:54:26,063 That's an odd way of putting it. "Don't permit myself?" 467 00:54:26,306 --> 00:54:28,820 Is it necessary to wear him around your neck? 468 00:54:29,706 --> 00:54:32,982 You forget, Antony, in these almost three years... 469 00:54:33,226 --> 00:54:35,296 ...how full your own life has been. 470 00:54:35,906 --> 00:54:39,660 They can't have been uneventful for you. You rule Egypt alone. 471 00:54:39,906 --> 00:54:42,466 Oh, they have been busy, but not full. 472 00:54:42,706 --> 00:54:44,105 There's a difference. 473 00:54:44,346 --> 00:54:47,861 There cannot be enough hours in the days of a queen... 474 00:54:48,066 --> 00:54:50,057 ...and her nights have too many. 475 00:54:50,506 --> 00:54:53,339 - So I fill them with memories. - Of Caesar? 476 00:54:53,706 --> 00:54:55,458 And of a dream... 477 00:54:55,746 --> 00:54:57,384 ...that almost came true. 478 00:54:57,626 --> 00:54:58,900 You may remember. 479 00:54:59,146 --> 00:55:03,139 I remember that night in Rome, saying it could still come true. 480 00:55:03,626 --> 00:55:07,255 You said so much that night to so many. 481 00:55:22,666 --> 00:55:24,065 Let me get rid of them all. 482 00:55:24,306 --> 00:55:26,866 Why? I have arranged an entertainment. 483 00:55:27,106 --> 00:55:30,985 A dance in the Greek fashion to welcome the god Bacchus. 484 00:55:31,226 --> 00:55:34,457 If I make a great show of going, they'll have to leave too. 485 00:55:34,666 --> 00:55:37,055 Then I can return... 486 00:55:37,306 --> 00:55:40,457 ...and we can talk alone, you and I. 487 00:55:40,826 --> 00:55:44,785 - When would you return? - In an hour, no more than two. 488 00:55:45,026 --> 00:55:49,463 - How long would you stay? - Until we had nothing more to say. 489 00:55:50,306 --> 00:55:54,458 Are you a strong swimmer? We sail at sunrise. 490 00:55:56,106 --> 00:55:57,858 I don't understand. 491 00:55:58,106 --> 00:56:01,655 Home to Alexandria, to Egypt. 492 00:56:01,986 --> 00:56:05,774 You've come all this way for one night. All to make a fool of me. 493 00:56:06,906 --> 00:56:08,942 Perhaps you would feel less a fool... 494 00:56:09,146 --> 00:56:11,660 ...if you stayed the night with me, is that it? 495 00:56:14,346 --> 00:56:16,416 I've told you before. 496 00:56:16,626 --> 00:56:19,698 With you, words do not come easily to me. 497 00:56:19,906 --> 00:56:22,374 There is too much unsaid within me that I cannot say. 498 00:56:22,626 --> 00:56:24,264 Then I cannot know it. 499 00:56:24,466 --> 00:56:26,422 There is much unsaid within you too. 500 00:56:26,626 --> 00:56:29,220 That is probably true of everybody. 501 00:56:29,426 --> 00:56:31,496 Stay for a while. 502 00:56:31,706 --> 00:56:36,063 I have known you so long but so little. Give me time. 503 00:56:36,266 --> 00:56:39,019 Not I. Not Egypt and Rome together. 504 00:56:39,226 --> 00:56:43,265 Not even the gods have time to give you. 505 00:56:43,826 --> 00:56:46,260 But, Antony, use what you have. 506 00:56:46,466 --> 00:56:51,062 Don't waste it by playing at god here in Tarsus... 507 00:56:51,306 --> 00:56:55,663 ...while Octavian in Rome becomes a god. 508 01:00:07,146 --> 01:00:09,501 The dance, I take it, is over. 509 01:00:10,066 --> 01:00:11,579 Sit up. 510 01:00:11,826 --> 01:00:15,262 I want to see whether you sleep with your memories. 511 01:00:20,506 --> 01:00:23,339 With so much left unsaid within you... 512 01:00:23,586 --> 01:00:26,544 ...it must be a relief to break and tear things. 513 01:00:27,106 --> 01:00:30,576 - I want to say something now. - Perhaps some other time. 514 01:00:30,826 --> 01:00:31,815 Now! 515 01:00:34,546 --> 01:00:36,457 Caesar. 516 01:00:38,266 --> 01:00:40,575 Conquer and conquer. 517 01:00:40,826 --> 01:00:43,260 Bring the world to its knees. 518 01:00:43,506 --> 01:00:46,623 "You're not a Caesar. Did you know that? 519 01:00:47,946 --> 01:00:49,459 Be braver than the bravest... 520 01:00:49,706 --> 01:00:52,778 ...stronger than the strongest. Still no Caesar. 521 01:00:53,026 --> 01:00:56,905 Caesar's done it first and better. Ruled better, loved better. 522 01:00:57,146 --> 01:01:00,297 Run where you will, you can't get out. There's no way out. 523 01:01:00,546 --> 01:01:04,858 The shadow of Caesar will cover you and the universe for all of time." 524 01:01:09,466 --> 01:01:11,502 "Whenever you like," you said in Rome. 525 01:01:11,746 --> 01:01:13,941 "Come to Alexandria whenever you like." 526 01:01:14,186 --> 01:01:15,699 "Now, tonight," I said. 527 01:01:15,946 --> 01:01:18,858 To bow to the throne upon which Caesar put you. 528 01:01:19,106 --> 01:01:22,382 To talk of a new treaty. Caesar's can't be improved. Copy it. 529 01:01:22,626 --> 01:01:26,665 Of Caesar's son. Of the dream you shared that still fills your life. 530 01:01:26,866 --> 01:01:31,462 Alexander's design for a world to be ruled by you and Caesar. 531 01:01:32,466 --> 01:01:33,945 Where is Antony? 532 01:01:34,186 --> 01:01:35,938 Where is Marc Antony? 533 01:01:36,186 --> 01:01:39,178 Antony the Great! The divine Antony! 534 01:01:39,586 --> 01:01:41,144 Here. 535 01:01:41,386 --> 01:01:43,138 He's... 536 01:01:43,386 --> 01:01:45,024 ...here. 537 01:01:45,226 --> 01:01:48,855 One step behind Caesar. At the right hand of Caesar. 538 01:01:49,066 --> 01:01:52,183 In the shadow of Caesar. 539 01:01:52,986 --> 01:01:55,944 Tell me, how many have loved you since him? 540 01:01:56,186 --> 01:01:58,984 One? Ten? Anyone? No one? 541 01:01:59,186 --> 01:02:03,179 Have they kissed you with Caesar's lips? Is it his name you cry out? 542 01:02:03,386 --> 01:02:06,856 Afterwards, has he reproached you and have you begged forgiveness? 543 01:02:08,186 --> 01:02:12,145 You've come here, then, running over with wine and self-pity... 544 01:02:12,346 --> 01:02:14,257 ...to conquer Caesar. 545 01:02:14,466 --> 01:02:18,539 For so long now, you've filled my life... 546 01:02:19,146 --> 01:02:23,742 ...like a great noise I hear everywhere in my heart. 547 01:02:24,466 --> 01:02:27,742 I want to be free of you, of wanting you... 548 01:02:27,986 --> 01:02:29,385 ...of being afraid. 549 01:02:31,906 --> 01:02:34,818 Yet, Caesar would not permit it. 550 01:02:55,106 --> 01:02:57,142 But I will never... 551 01:02:57,946 --> 01:02:59,743 ...be free of you. 552 01:03:14,946 --> 01:03:16,982 From the first instant I saw you... 553 01:03:17,226 --> 01:03:20,343 ...entering Rome on that monstrous stone beast... 554 01:03:20,546 --> 01:03:22,935 ...shining in the sun... 555 01:03:23,146 --> 01:03:25,944 ...like a little gold toy. 556 01:03:26,146 --> 01:03:27,977 ...how I envied Caesar. 557 01:03:28,226 --> 01:03:30,023 Went suddenly sick with it. 558 01:03:30,266 --> 01:03:32,222 Not his conquests or his triumphs. 559 01:03:32,426 --> 01:03:34,940 Not his titles or the roaring of the mob. 560 01:03:35,586 --> 01:03:37,736 I envied him you. 561 01:03:40,746 --> 01:03:44,022 When we first met in Rome, I remembered you. 562 01:03:44,266 --> 01:03:46,826 I wondered that I could ever have forgotten. 563 01:03:47,026 --> 01:03:48,857 Remembered me? 564 01:03:49,066 --> 01:03:51,705 Years ago, when you were a young cavalry officer... 565 01:03:51,906 --> 01:03:55,581 ...stationed at the palace in Alexandria under that Roman general. 566 01:03:55,826 --> 01:03:58,386 - What was his name? - Gabinius. 567 01:03:58,586 --> 01:03:59,780 Gabinius. 568 01:04:01,346 --> 01:04:05,055 I was 12 years old, and I loved you. 569 01:04:05,306 --> 01:04:07,536 - Nonsense. - It's true. 570 01:04:07,746 --> 01:04:11,341 Lovers always want so much never to have loved before. 571 01:04:12,386 --> 01:04:14,138 It's possible, you know. 572 01:04:14,346 --> 01:04:16,860 It becomes a game. Who loved whom first? 573 01:04:17,066 --> 01:04:18,545 I did. 574 01:04:19,306 --> 01:04:24,221 If you noticed me at all then, you were probably terrified of me. 575 01:04:24,666 --> 01:04:28,181 With good reason. Everybody knows Romans cut up little children... 576 01:04:28,386 --> 01:04:30,536 ...and feed them to their horses. 577 01:04:34,906 --> 01:04:37,864 We'll make this our beginning. 578 01:04:38,066 --> 01:04:39,977 Beginning with tonight... 579 01:04:40,186 --> 01:04:42,620 ...you must never envy Caesar... 580 01:04:42,826 --> 01:04:46,535 ...or anyone, anything again. 581 01:04:55,226 --> 01:04:57,023 After all... 582 01:04:57,266 --> 01:04:59,461 ...this is nothing new. 583 01:04:59,666 --> 01:05:01,463 For so many years... 584 01:05:01,666 --> 01:05:03,657 ...Antony has fed upon the crumbs... 585 01:05:03,866 --> 01:05:07,176 ...that fell from Julius Caesar's table. 586 01:05:08,546 --> 01:05:10,218 I say... 587 01:05:10,546 --> 01:05:12,980 ...they are deserving of each other. 588 01:05:13,226 --> 01:05:15,103 Let him stay in Egypt. 589 01:05:15,306 --> 01:05:17,262 Let him fritter away his life... 590 01:05:17,466 --> 01:05:20,981 ...but not the possessions and the empire of the Roman people! 591 01:05:21,226 --> 01:05:23,615 The Roman people! 592 01:05:23,986 --> 01:05:27,422 The Roman people. What are glory and possessions to them? 593 01:05:27,626 --> 01:05:30,504 Is their Antony content? 594 01:05:30,706 --> 01:05:33,618 Then so are they. 595 01:05:34,386 --> 01:05:37,219 Does their Antony sweep their empire... 596 01:05:37,466 --> 01:05:40,139 ...under Cleopatra's bed? 597 01:05:40,546 --> 01:05:45,461 His adoring Romans sigh and remain content. 598 01:05:45,986 --> 01:05:49,262 Let him stay however distant for however long... 599 01:05:49,506 --> 01:05:51,497 ...with never a thought of them. 600 01:05:51,746 --> 01:05:54,704 The Roman people hold him close to their hearts. 601 01:05:54,906 --> 01:05:56,658 Distant? 602 01:05:56,906 --> 01:05:59,739 Perhaps from Rome but not from Caesar, I think. 603 01:05:59,946 --> 01:06:01,265 Nor from Caesar's son. 604 01:06:01,506 --> 01:06:04,145 Germanicus, do you speak of me? 605 01:06:04,386 --> 01:06:06,058 No, I speak of Caesar. 606 01:06:07,106 --> 01:06:09,062 I am Caesar. 607 01:06:09,786 --> 01:06:11,856 Only while Antony remains... 608 01:06:12,106 --> 01:06:14,017 ...distant from Rome. 609 01:06:16,746 --> 01:06:18,464 Antony! 610 01:06:18,666 --> 01:06:21,942 Stay not too long in Alexandria! 611 01:06:24,666 --> 01:06:26,543 Germanicus... 612 01:06:27,106 --> 01:06:29,939 ...stay not too long in Rome. 613 01:06:50,106 --> 01:06:53,178 - How much is known to Antony? - All of it and more. 614 01:06:53,426 --> 01:06:57,658 I've written him regularly. Letters, dispatches by personal messenger. 615 01:06:57,866 --> 01:06:59,777 And what has he answered? 616 01:07:00,026 --> 01:07:03,575 He wrote he was no longer interested in the matters I described. 617 01:07:03,786 --> 01:07:05,742 That he would not return to Rome. 618 01:07:05,946 --> 01:07:09,825 That he understood quite clearly what was at stake, what he would lose. 619 01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:12,062 But that he would not leave you. 620 01:07:31,306 --> 01:07:32,819 Let's try the goat. 621 01:07:37,426 --> 01:07:40,862 Let's have that goat again. There. Not too much. 622 01:07:41,106 --> 01:07:42,334 There. 623 01:07:44,066 --> 01:07:46,341 The milk of a cow... 624 01:07:46,546 --> 01:07:50,300 ...of a goat and of an ass. Which is best for softening the beard? 625 01:07:50,986 --> 01:07:54,058 Is it true Octavian shaves but once a week? 626 01:07:54,986 --> 01:07:58,501 Even then, he has merely to face the wind and let the fuzz blow away. 627 01:07:58,826 --> 01:08:02,136 You knew, didn't you, Germanicus was here from Rome? 628 01:08:02,386 --> 01:08:03,865 Yes. 629 01:08:04,106 --> 01:08:07,701 Have you strong feelings about beards? I had one. Bright red. 630 01:08:07,906 --> 01:08:09,624 Why haven't you seen him? 631 01:08:16,906 --> 01:08:19,136 When you go... 632 01:08:19,746 --> 01:08:21,498 ...must it be for very long? 633 01:08:22,146 --> 01:08:25,183 I must take some of these with me. They don't have them. 634 01:08:25,386 --> 01:08:27,536 At least, they didn't when I was last... 635 01:08:27,986 --> 01:08:29,578 ...in Rome. 636 01:08:37,146 --> 01:08:40,741 While they were digging the foundation of my tomb... 637 01:08:40,946 --> 01:08:43,540 ...the workers found an old wall. 638 01:08:43,746 --> 01:08:48,137 Someone had scratched on it hundreds of years ago: 639 01:08:48,466 --> 01:08:52,584 "You were not here last night, and I could not sleep. 640 01:08:52,986 --> 01:08:55,295 Will you be here tonight?" 641 01:08:57,106 --> 01:09:00,382 Do you suppose they ever met again? 642 01:09:01,666 --> 01:09:05,420 Everything that I shall want to hold or look upon or have or be... 643 01:09:05,626 --> 01:09:08,140 ...is here now with you. 644 01:09:08,826 --> 01:09:11,135 I must not be sorry for myself. 645 01:09:11,346 --> 01:09:15,737 Queens are sometimes no better at that than kings, or even princes. 646 01:09:18,146 --> 01:09:20,341 It doesn't seem fair. 647 01:09:21,506 --> 01:09:26,375 What I feel I should have felt long ago when I was very young. 648 01:09:26,626 --> 01:09:29,936 When I could say to myself that this was how love was... 649 01:09:30,146 --> 01:09:32,262 ...and how it would be. 650 01:09:32,506 --> 01:09:37,261 But to have waited so long, to know so suddenly... 651 01:09:37,466 --> 01:09:39,138 ...this late... 652 01:09:39,346 --> 01:09:43,737 ...how it hurts. How love can stab the heart. 653 01:09:52,666 --> 01:09:55,544 Be careful with Octavian. 654 01:09:55,786 --> 01:09:57,742 Let him be careful with me. 655 01:09:57,986 --> 01:10:01,023 The Romans want no war between the two of you. 656 01:10:01,226 --> 01:10:03,740 In any case, you are not ready yet. 657 01:10:03,946 --> 01:10:07,336 War? The world is filled with love. There'll be no more wars. 658 01:10:07,546 --> 01:10:09,502 You must have your share. 659 01:10:09,706 --> 01:10:13,335 Your titles and powers must be spelled out exactly. 660 01:10:13,546 --> 01:10:17,141 There can be no question of your complete authority in the East. 661 01:10:19,786 --> 01:10:21,856 Antony, how will I live? 662 01:10:22,786 --> 01:10:24,538 The same as I. 663 01:10:25,586 --> 01:10:27,895 One breath upon the other. 664 01:10:28,106 --> 01:10:29,778 Each bringing us... 665 01:10:30,026 --> 01:10:33,257 ...one breath closer. 666 01:10:33,466 --> 01:10:37,220 You take so much of me with you so far. 667 01:10:37,466 --> 01:10:40,139 Remember, remember. They'll want you to forget. 668 01:10:40,346 --> 01:10:43,782 - Please... - Forget? How? 669 01:10:44,626 --> 01:10:47,186 I can never be more far away from you... 670 01:10:48,506 --> 01:10:50,144 ...than this. 671 01:11:01,106 --> 01:11:02,983 He will come first to Brindisium. 672 01:11:03,186 --> 01:11:07,941 Agrippa and I plan to welcome his arrival with a great ceremony. 673 01:11:08,186 --> 01:11:12,464 He must see how dear to the hearts of the Romans, of us all... 674 01:11:12,666 --> 01:11:14,338 ...he is and has been. 675 01:11:14,546 --> 01:11:17,856 He has been away for a very long time. 676 01:11:18,106 --> 01:11:21,781 Perhaps we can persuade him to stay with us even longer. 677 01:11:21,986 --> 01:11:26,184 Perhaps, Octavia, if you came to Brindisium, you could help. 678 01:11:26,426 --> 01:11:29,463 You may have forgotten. It is only six months since... 679 01:11:29,666 --> 01:11:32,624 Begging the pardon of Agrippa and our ancestors... 680 01:11:32,826 --> 01:11:36,136 ...I do not agree that a young widow must retire from life. 681 01:11:36,466 --> 01:11:39,617 You haven't left my house since your husband died. 682 01:11:39,826 --> 01:11:44,342 If only for the sake of your health, the change alone... 683 01:11:46,626 --> 01:11:50,505 Then, begging the pardon of Lord Agrippa and our ancestors... 684 01:11:50,706 --> 01:11:53,937 ...I would look forward very much to the change. 685 01:11:56,106 --> 01:12:00,338 Nothing, no one, could possibly shine more brightly in the sun. 686 01:12:00,586 --> 01:12:02,144 Not only Antony. 687 01:12:02,346 --> 01:12:05,736 Any man would not hold out his greedy fists for Octavia. 688 01:12:05,986 --> 01:12:09,058 After all, what greater pledge could I offer... 689 01:12:09,306 --> 01:12:11,376 ...of my goodwill toward him? 690 01:12:11,626 --> 01:12:15,062 And how could Antony better show his love of peace and Rome... 691 01:12:15,306 --> 01:12:16,534 ...than by accepting? 692 01:12:16,746 --> 01:12:18,737 And Cleopatra? 693 01:12:20,066 --> 01:12:23,183 Are you suggesting we invite her to the wedding? 694 01:12:23,426 --> 01:12:25,815 You remember when Julius Caesar returned... 695 01:12:26,066 --> 01:12:28,455 ...and those months while she was in Rome? 696 01:12:28,666 --> 01:12:31,578 There was a poison in his heart, in his brain. 697 01:12:31,786 --> 01:12:35,017 Yes, the falling sickness. But more than that. 698 01:12:35,266 --> 01:12:37,939 - Cleopatra. - I remember well. 699 01:12:38,186 --> 01:12:41,940 - Antony is no Caesar. - I am grateful for that. 700 01:12:42,586 --> 01:12:46,499 Granted that he marries Octavia, will he forget Cleopatra? 701 01:12:46,706 --> 01:12:50,904 - Will she permit him to forget? - Most probably not. 702 01:13:34,866 --> 01:13:37,334 - Have I permission to speak? - Quickly. 703 01:13:37,546 --> 01:13:40,777 A galley came to Pelusium with news from Rome. 704 01:13:40,986 --> 01:13:43,739 Antony and Octavian have sealed a great pact. 705 01:13:43,946 --> 01:13:47,382 Antony has 10 more legions and all of the East for his domain. 706 01:13:47,586 --> 01:13:49,542 Egypt will be declared ally of Rome. 707 01:13:49,746 --> 01:13:51,338 It is done. 708 01:13:53,186 --> 01:13:56,098 - There is more. - No. No more, my lord. 709 01:13:56,306 --> 01:13:59,025 - He's afraid. - Is there anything more? 710 01:14:00,506 --> 01:14:04,181 Forgive me, Divine Majesty. There has been a marriage. 711 01:14:05,146 --> 01:14:06,784 A marriage of state. 712 01:14:07,906 --> 01:14:10,943 Between Octavia, the sister of Caesar... 713 01:14:11,746 --> 01:14:13,384 ...and Lord Antony. 714 01:14:18,226 --> 01:14:20,023 Anything more? 715 01:14:20,546 --> 01:14:21,945 They're presently in Athens. 716 01:14:22,146 --> 01:14:25,695 Sometime within the year, Lady Octavia is to return to Rome. 717 01:14:25,906 --> 01:14:30,138 Antony will come here to negotiate the alliance of Rome and Egypt. 718 01:14:44,306 --> 01:14:46,137 Leave me. 719 01:14:49,346 --> 01:14:50,745 No. 720 01:14:52,706 --> 01:14:54,936 Completely alone. 721 01:15:27,506 --> 01:15:30,384 Antony! 722 01:18:02,346 --> 01:18:04,143 Do you find it pleasing, my lord? 723 01:18:06,786 --> 01:18:08,378 Oh, yes. Very. 724 01:18:08,586 --> 01:18:10,542 It was made here in Athens. 725 01:18:10,786 --> 01:18:13,823 Not as practical as our Roman ones, of course. 726 01:18:14,026 --> 01:18:16,938 The Greeks have such a weakness for beauty. 727 01:18:29,306 --> 01:18:31,979 Does the dinner not please you, my lord? 728 01:18:32,226 --> 01:18:34,456 Very much. I'm not particularly hungry. 729 01:18:34,706 --> 01:18:37,174 If anything would please you more... 730 01:18:37,706 --> 01:18:39,583 Believe me, I am pleased. 731 01:18:41,666 --> 01:18:45,136 The gods know you do nothing but please me... 732 01:18:45,346 --> 01:18:47,541 ...in every way.