To get public backing, Octavian launched a ‘fake news’ war against Mark Anthony.He claimed Anthony, who was having an affair with Cleopatra, the Egyptian Queen, didn’t respect traditional ...

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Meanwhile, Rome was also engaged in a civil war as Julius Caesar battled ... and the senate declared both him and Cleopatra to be enemies of Rome. Octavian had decided he’d had enough and ...

In the middle of the civil war that would bring him to power, Julius Caesar spent the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the ...

The latter was defeated by his rival Octavian in 31 BC. Cleopatra chose death by snake bite and Mark Antony died by his own sword. Cleopatra was the last of the Egyptian Pharaohs. This bronze coin ...

In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar (Sir Rex Harrison) pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII ...

I can certainly appreciate the desire to focus on Cleopatra rather than the men in her life, but presenting Caesar, Antony and Octavian as so "one note" does not help elucidate the character of ...