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00:00:28The
00:00:29Seeing you in these commoners' threads
00:00:31Surely there are safer ways to travel than this charade
00:00:36I am the Queen of Egypt
00:00:39I don't need jewels and silks to make me who I am
00:00:44The Roman Senate confirmed Silas an hour ago
00:00:47The celebration at his villa will begin the moment we dock in Rome
00:00:55Seven years of work
00:00:56And Silas is finally where he belongs
00:00:58He'll be the greatest senator Rome has ever seen
00:01:01But while we celebrate the new senator
00:01:04The House of Antony is making a move
00:01:12And he requests that I sponsor 50,000 troops to aid his war effort
00:01:17They want a war chest of 100 million gold pieces
00:01:21From the Queen of Egypt's treasury
00:01:23To buy the eastern trade routes
00:01:35I want to meet their leader before I decide if he's worth the investment
00:01:41We need the funds approved by the Queen of Egypt
00:01:46If the Queen of Egypt is as difficult as the rumors say
00:01:49I'll be begging in the forum by winter
00:01:54The Queen isn't difficult, General
00:01:56She just has a low tolerance for Romans
00:01:59Who can't read a map
00:02:03Move your cavalry to the high ground
00:02:06The marshes will swallow them by noon
00:02:09And what does a scholar know of military logistics?
00:02:13Stick to your scrolls, girl
00:02:19I'd drink quickly if I were you
00:02:23The sea pressure is shifting
00:02:24The gods of the deep are waking up
00:02:33Now you're a weather reader?
00:02:35Now you're a weather reader?
00:02:53Christ!
00:03:21Your highness!
00:03:23Are you harmed?
00:03:25That man
00:03:27Why is he calling you your highness?
00:03:31You are practically a servant
00:03:34So why does he look at you like a queen?
00:03:36As if you're the only thing left in the world worth saving
00:03:43Well, who are you really?
00:03:59Sir
00:04:00The gods didn't drown us
00:04:02But your grandmother, the Empress Julia, will
00:04:06She secured the alliance with the House of Cicero with a marriage to Lady Octavia
00:04:10I don't need a marriage into the House of Cicero to make me powerful
00:04:15Perhaps if you return with a wife, the Empress Julia's contract will be void
00:04:20But unless you plan on marrying a seagull
00:04:31I am Mark Antony
00:04:33Head of the House of Antony and General of the Great Roman Empires' army
00:04:38I have a personal income of five million gold pieces per year
00:04:42Only five, you must be having a slow year
00:04:48I'm in need of a wife
00:04:50Not a real one
00:04:51But a shield
00:04:53Someone smart enough to navigate my grandmother's den of vipers
00:04:58Just give me one year
00:05:00In exchange, I will give you a waterfront villa in Rome
00:05:03And a monthly staping of 100,000 gold pieces
00:05:07You can remain a scholar
00:05:08But to the world, you wear my ring
00:05:11You must really hate the woman they are forcing you to marry
00:05:19We'll hit the docks by dawn
00:05:21My offer stands
00:05:23All you have to do is look pretty at dinner
00:05:25And pretend I'm the smartest man in the room
00:05:27That might require a significant raise in my allowance
00:05:32You've got a lethal tongue for a woman with no shoes
00:05:35Why the hesitation? I offer you a fortune
00:05:38Because I'm already promised to a man I've spent seven years investing in
00:05:43Seven years, by the gods, that's not an investment
00:05:46That's a hostage situation
00:05:48Careful, General
00:05:49You might find that I'm much more expensive than 100,000 gold pieces
00:05:53I've always had a taste for luxury
00:06:08Antony wants 100,000,000 from the Egyptian treasury
00:06:12If you want to be the most powerful family in the empire
00:06:15You're going to have to think bigger
00:06:28Last chance
00:06:30Villa or the streets
00:06:35A word of advice
00:06:37When you present that role to the Queen of Egypt
00:06:39Don't be afraid to know your worth
00:06:44What in the name of Mars is this?
00:06:47You did this
00:06:48100,000,000,000 gold pieces
00:06:51And 2,000,000,000 soldiers
00:06:53The Queen of Egypt will think I'm a fool
00:06:55I'm a general of Rome
00:06:57Not a common beggar with a delusional dream
00:06:59You were a beggar the moment
00:07:01You asked for only 100,000,000 gold pieces
00:07:04The Queen of Egypt doesn't respond to small requests
00:07:07You've ruined me
00:07:09If I present this to the Queen of Egypt
00:07:11She'll laugh me out of the empire
00:07:16Deliver this to the Queen of Egypt
00:07:23No, you've ruined me
00:07:27Then maybe it's good we aren't actually getting married
00:07:33After seven years
00:07:34I finally get to see the man I love
00:07:41Don't just join the Senate
00:07:42Own it
00:07:45The orphans in the province need me
00:07:51How did you get this?
00:07:55Must you leave me for seven years?
00:08:03Fine
00:08:04Seven years
00:08:05And then you will come to Rome
00:08:07And I'll be a senator
00:08:09And your husband
00:08:24You've done what you set out to do
00:08:25Now we get to celebrate your triumph together
00:08:29I will finally reveal my true identity to you
00:08:43It appears Silas has put my money to good use
00:08:54The help enters through the back
00:08:56Girl, there'll be no begging of scraps from my son's table
00:08:59If only she knew the very robe on her back was bought with my coin
00:09:11Silas
00:09:11I've traveled across the world to celebrate your success
00:09:16Why are you here, Cleopatra?
00:09:17You're making a scene
00:09:20Isn't it obvious this leech smelled the gold?
00:09:23You wasted years building mud huts for orphans
00:09:26But now he's a senator
00:09:28And you want his gold
00:09:33My mother is right, Cleopatra
00:09:35You shouldn't have come
00:09:36Whatever bond we had
00:09:38Whatever youthful promise was made
00:09:40It is severed
00:09:41I have a legacy to protect now
00:09:43The greatest house in Rome is sponsoring me
00:09:46The house of Antony
00:09:49The house of Anton is making a move
00:09:56She thought a man of the Senate could love a street rat
00:10:00Silas brings home a million gold coins in a year
00:10:03How much does a beggar make?
00:10:06You truly believe that because the house of Antony gave you a seat at their table
00:10:10You're untouchable
00:10:12The house of Antony is nothing compared to the power I wield
00:10:18You're delusional
00:10:19Only the queen of Egypt trumps the house of Antony's influence
00:10:26You want to know why Antony gave you that Senate seat, Silas?
00:10:29It wasn't your talent
00:10:31Someone with even more authority than Antony vouched for you
00:10:36And that someone
00:10:38Was me
00:10:57Sir, a response from the queen of Egypt
00:11:00You won't believe it
00:11:01What?
00:11:02Did she put a price on my head for requesting such an insulting amount of money?
00:11:05Sir, the queen just approved the entire aid request
00:11:14One hundred billion gold pieces
00:11:16And two million soldiers
00:11:19It's the move of the queen of Egypt
00:11:21No one has seen her face in a decade
00:11:23And she hasn't touched Roman soil in her life
00:11:26But she chose you
00:11:28Because you know your worth
00:11:31Don't be afraid to know your worth
00:11:33The scholar
00:11:33She knew how to bargain with the queen of Egypt
00:11:36Felix
00:11:37Find that girl from the shipwreck
00:11:39Search every library
00:11:40Every slum
00:11:41Every back alley in Rome
00:11:41I don't care what it costs
00:11:42Or how many men you have to bribe
00:11:44I've never been challenged like that in my life
00:11:46I'm not letting her go
00:11:48Forget the fake marriage
00:11:50I want to marry her for real
00:11:56You
00:11:57Vouched for him
00:11:58Who do you think you are?
00:12:01You were a glorified servant
00:12:03Who read him silly stories
00:12:05While he prepared for greatness
00:12:11You aren't upset about the breakup
00:12:13You're just angry about the gold you wasted on my education
00:12:18Let me make it easier for you
00:12:19I will pay you back
00:12:21On your investment
00:12:27One hundred thousand gold pieces
00:12:29More than you'd see in ten lifetimes
00:12:32Take it and disappear
00:12:38Fine
00:12:38Three hundred thousand gold pieces
00:12:41Don't be greedy, Cleopatra
00:12:42It's not a good look for a beggar
00:12:44And how did a beggar afford Silas' tutors and travel
00:12:48Unless
00:12:49You were selling your body in the streets
00:12:52Take your money and leave, you slut
00:13:01Silas
00:13:02How can you be so heartless?
00:13:04For seven years I gave you everything
00:13:07I built you
00:13:16You are the past
00:13:18Lucia will give him a future
00:13:19She is the daughter of Gaius
00:13:21The great general Antony's deputy
00:13:23You were just a filthy stain
00:13:25He's finally ready to erase
00:13:32Lucia is on her way here now to celebrate my appointment
00:13:36Trust me, Cleopatra
00:13:37You don't want to be here when she walks in
00:13:40Because the moment you see her
00:13:42The moment you see what a real Roman woman of power looks like
00:13:46You'll finally realize how pathetic you are
00:13:50Now get out
00:14:12So
00:14:13This is the girl that Silas throws aside
00:14:17You're not a rival, darling
00:14:20You're a rented mule he's sent back to the stables
00:14:26So
00:14:27This is the girl that Silas throws aside
00:14:30You're not a rival, darling
00:14:33You're a rented mule he's sent back to the stables
00:14:37I am Lucia
00:14:38Daughter of the deputy of the House of Antony
00:14:41Get out of here before I have the guards drag you out like the street rat you are
00:14:44You're right
00:14:45Your father is powerful
00:14:48But you, Lucia, have nothing of your own
00:14:51Unlike you, I don't need a man to be powerful
00:14:53An insult to the deputy's daughter is a death warrant
00:14:57What is this disturbance?
00:14:59This is a celebration of the Republic
00:15:01Not a gladiator match
00:15:10Senator Silas discarded this Egyptian trash years ago
00:15:13Yet she persists in soiling his victory feast with her presence
00:15:18Senator Silas was hand-selected by Mark Antony himself for this role
00:15:22You are vastly out of line
00:15:24Look around, these are the men who run the world
00:15:26They are the architects of the Republic
00:15:29And you
00:15:31You're no better than a street rat with no future
00:15:33Oh, I have a future
00:15:35I am building a world you aren't capable of imagining
00:15:45You were so thirsty for Roman life, weren't you?
00:15:48You wanted to taste the power
00:15:50Here, drink the drags of our history
00:16:07Take it
00:16:08It's the closest you'll ever get to wearing a noble's colors
00:16:14You will pay for this
00:16:17I would never marry you
00:16:19You are a delusional girl who mistook a business arrangement
00:16:22For a romance
00:16:23For seven years
00:16:25I sent Egyptian gold across the sea to you
00:16:28This is how it ends
00:16:30With you playing king in a palace
00:16:32I brought for you
00:16:36How dare you
00:16:48Leave you whore
00:16:50Before I have you thrown into the river with the rest of the trash
00:17:00Don't just stand there, Silas
00:17:03Let's show the people of Rome what happens to gold dickers who try to buy their way into the Republic
00:17:20Guards, secure this woman
00:17:22She is a threat to the senator's safety and the dignity of this house
00:17:27I tried to warn you, but you wouldn't shut up
00:17:30You think you are so special
00:17:34We will hold a grand parade and see what Rome thinks of you
00:17:59Behold the queen of scammers
00:18:01She tried to buy a Roman senator with Egyptian lies
00:18:05See her for the filth that she is
00:18:13You think you are walking me to my end, Silas
00:18:16You are just escorting me to my throne
00:18:23Stop, Egyptian slut
00:18:25The people haven't finished looking at you
00:18:29You are a joke
00:18:31I was going to let you scrub my floors for old times sake
00:18:34But I have a better idea for you
00:18:36Fetch the Sarphicus of Hoth
00:18:38The Egyptian slut is going to see how we handle foreign snakes
00:18:49Many have tried and failed to kill me
00:18:51We will see who the gods truly favor
00:19:00Sir, they put her in a cage
00:19:02She has been sentenced to death in the Sarkarikov of Hoth
00:19:07If they harm so much as a hair on her head
00:19:09I will burn this city to the gods' damned ground
00:19:23Let me go, Seaside! Let me go, Seaside!
00:19:45You travelled across the world for a place in the house of Antony, didn't you, little liar?
00:19:49You wanted a seat at our table
00:19:55I'm feeling generous today
00:19:57I will give you two choices, Cleopatra
00:19:59Death by the Sarphicus of Hoth
00:20:02Or simply kneel before me
00:20:04Death! Death! Death! Death!
00:20:07Kneel! Kneel! Kneel! Kneel! Kneel! Kneel! Kneel!
00:20:10I would rather face a slow death by a thousand snakes
00:20:14Than kneel before a snibbling serpent like you
00:20:20Death it is then, you haughty bitch
00:20:30Too late to kneel now, you stupid girl
00:20:41The general, Mark Antony, has entered the forum
00:20:45Perfect timing
00:20:47Let the general see how I have cleared the trash from his streets
00:20:50You'll spend the rest of your life begging the gods to let you forget this moment
00:20:55You're more of an idiot than I remember
00:21:09I'm going to enjoy this
00:21:17Silas!
00:21:23I will kill you
00:21:33You mistake me
00:21:34Let's kill you
00:21:39me
00:21:40You are so annoying
00:21:43Just running
00:21:44One ì™”
00:21:44You have to make you
00:21:44The control
00:21:44The control
00:21:45The control
00:22:04General, you don't understand.
00:22:06This girl, she's a fraud, a commoner.
00:22:14This woman is the queen of my heart and the partner of my soul.
00:22:31She is the empress of the House of Antony.
00:22:34Is that high status enough for you, Senator?
00:22:39Or do I need to explain it with my steel?
00:22:54They did this to you.
00:22:57Careful, General. I don't recall accepting your proposal on that boat.
00:23:02That may be so, but I can still destroy the idiots who hurt you.
00:23:08And who is this?
00:23:09Another one of your investments, Cleopatra?
00:23:12He certainly has the manners of a slave.
00:23:15Look at him!
00:23:16Covered in sea salt and shouting at his betters.
00:23:20Is this the empire you promised, Silas?
00:23:23A common centurion who thinks a red rag makes him royalty?
00:23:27God! Arrest this man for threatening a senator and impersonating General Antony!
00:23:37Run along, soldier, before I have my father strip those stolen medals off your chest.
00:23:42Rome doesn't belong to men who smell of muir.
00:23:46It belongs to us.
00:23:53The crest on the chariot.
00:23:55That scar on his neck.
00:23:56It's Antony.
00:23:58The very person who can sign her death warrant.
00:24:03You've snuck behind my son's back and married this... this soldier.
00:24:09For what, Cleopatra?
00:24:10Did you think a man with a sword could shield you from the fact that you're a fraud?
00:24:15He is ten times the man your son will ever be.
00:24:22Please.
00:24:23You clearly paid for this man's loyalty.
00:24:26What is he?
00:24:28A gladiator you plucked from the pits?
00:24:30Or just a high-priced escort you dressed in gold to save face?
00:24:35Cleopatra probably used the last of her stolen Egyptian gold to buy a knight with a general's lookalike.
00:24:41Tell me, soldier, what's your rate?
00:24:43You play the part well, but the costume doesn't make the man.
00:24:47They called the heir to the house of Antony, a male sex worker.
00:24:51They're dead.
00:24:52We're all dead.
00:25:03Lucia!
00:25:04You don't understand.
00:25:05This is...
00:25:05Quiet!
00:25:06You've always been too soft on the help.
00:25:08If this man wants to play husband to a street rat, he can perform for us first.
00:25:15I want to see if his performance is as sturdy as his armor.
00:25:25If a beggar like Cleopatra can afford your services, the Senate of Rome can certainly pay better.
00:25:32Name your price, mercenary.
00:25:34Whatever she promised you, I'll triple it.
00:25:36I have a room full of guests who need entertainment.
00:25:40How much to strip for the room, soldier?
00:25:43Or perhaps you'd like to dance for your supper, general.
00:25:50You're shaking my own coin at me, fool!
00:25:54You're shaking my own coin at me, fool.
00:25:59My lady...
00:26:00Hush!
00:26:00If you speak again, I will have your title stripped.
00:26:04And thrown in prison!
00:26:08Neither of you has any idea what you are doing.
00:26:11Your mockery will be your downfall.
00:26:17Dimash?
00:26:18You think this piece of fill is gonna hurt us?
00:26:21He's nothing but a donkey and lipstick.
00:26:36My turn.
00:26:40My turn.
00:26:47I told you.
00:26:53How dare you!
00:26:56Gods!
00:26:56My son is a Senator of Republic!
00:26:59You've assaulted a man of the state!
00:27:02I'll have you...
00:27:03I'll have you executed for this.
00:27:20Are you out of your mind?
00:27:21That is the seat of the general!
00:27:24Get out of that chair!
00:27:25Or I'll have you flayed alive and fed to the pigs!
00:27:29You are a dead man!
00:27:30You insist on digging your own grave.
00:27:34No one can help you now.
00:27:40I don't know, Lucia.
00:27:41I think this chair suits me.
00:27:45Rufus, you've seen me in a few different settings.
00:27:48Tell the lady...
00:27:50Do you think I belong in this chair?
00:27:57Yes, sir.
00:27:59Of course you do.
00:28:00You belong...
00:28:02exactly where you sit.
00:28:03Have you lost your mind, Rufus?
00:28:05He is a nobody!
00:28:07Guards!
00:28:08Seize them!
00:28:09I want them on their knees, groveling!
00:28:12You two are nothing more than filthy animals!
00:28:15Dogs!
00:28:16Bark for your Senator!
00:28:18Bark for the Republic you tried to steal!
00:28:25You're playing with fire, you spoiled girl.
00:28:28No, I am the fire.
00:28:30And I'm going to enjoy watching a slut like you burn.
00:28:40No!
00:28:48Are you mad? Striking the daughter of a deputy?
00:28:51That is a crime beyond measure, you bitch!
00:28:54My lady!
00:28:56For the love of the gods, stop!
00:28:58Stop! Stop and apologize!
00:28:59Now!
00:28:59Apologize to her?!
00:29:01I'll have her tongue...
00:29:02You're poking a god, Lucia!
00:29:05Look at the ring on his thumb.
00:29:07Look at the crest on the cloak.
00:29:10That isn't a mercenary.
00:29:11That is Mark Antony.
00:29:13And you just asked the Master of Rome to bark.
00:29:24Apologize to this Nile filth!
00:29:27I will see her skin turn into a rug for my foyer!
00:29:33Fetch my father!
00:29:35Fetch the deputy!
00:29:37Tell him the Senate has been invaded by barbarians!
00:29:43You've done it now, you stupid girl.
00:29:46My father-in-law is Gaius.
00:29:48He is second only to Mark Antony himself.
00:29:52You and your escort are nothing.
00:29:56General Gaius arrived!
00:30:10Who is pitting my daughter in my Senate?!
00:30:26No!
00:30:28No!
00:30:33No!
00:30:34No!
00:30:35No!
00:30:35Father!
00:30:36She struck me!
00:30:37That Egyptian maniac!
00:30:39She dragged in a common thug to impersonate General Antony!
00:30:43Sir!
00:30:43Please!
00:30:45The situation is...
00:30:49Silence!
00:30:51You allowed this circus to stoil the house of Antony!
00:31:08You, in the chair. Look me in the eye.
00:31:13I want to see the face of the fool who thought he could play God in my house.
00:31:22The End
00:31:23Cleopatra hired this rat from the docks to impersonate the great Mark Antony.
00:31:28She should be hanged!
00:31:30Relax, Cornelia.
00:31:32I'll have both their heads on a spike before the sun sets.
00:31:37Look at him. He won't even look up.
00:31:41Too chicken to show your face now that a real man is in the room? Escort?
00:31:45Does your queen not pay you enough to die with dignity?
00:31:58I said look at me.
00:32:03I want to be the one to see the look on his face when he realizes he's lost.
00:32:07I want to be the last thing this filth sees.
00:32:13Don't do this, Silas.
00:32:15Once you've all looked into his eyes, your lives are over.
00:32:18All of you.
00:32:19There is no coming back from what you're about to see.
00:32:22I've led legions from Galt to Syria, girl.
00:32:26I've never had a silly girl threaten me in my own city.
00:32:32If you won't show your face to a deputy, perhaps you'll show it to the gods!
00:32:44Don't make it quick, Lord Deputy.
00:32:47Let Rome see what happens when the help forgets its place.
00:32:51Boil him alive, perhaps.
00:32:52Silas, use your blade.
00:32:55Lift his chin so we can see the eyes of the man who dared to sit in an ivory throne.
00:33:01Antony, are you ready to show them who you are?
00:33:04Yes. They shall finally see the face of their master.
00:33:08That's not the voice of a beggar.
00:33:10It's the sound that has led me into a thousand battles.
00:33:17No, Silas, stop!
00:33:24Dear gods, it's General Antony!
00:33:31Why have you stopped, father? This street filth is still breathing.
00:33:35Call the guards. Have them dragged out by his hair.
00:33:39You wanted to see me, Gaius.
00:33:42You had a great deal to say about my spine, while my face was hidden.
00:33:47Come. Step closer. Tell me more about the escort you're sending to their death.
00:33:55Father, don't let this stranger intimidate you. He's a good actor. Nothing more.
00:34:00The real Mark Antony will be here in a moment to execute these beggars.
00:34:05You have one more chance to flee, before the real master arrives.
00:34:09When he cuts your throat, we will all smell the stench of your common blood.
00:34:14My blood was royal before this city had a name, Silas.
00:34:19It is a river of gold and ancient kings.
00:34:23My blood is the only reason you have anything.
00:34:26I'm tired of listening to your lies. Shut up, or I'll fill your mouth with the contents of this morning's
00:34:32chamber pot!
00:34:35Silence, woman. For the love of the gods, Lucia, shut your mouth!
00:34:39Look at him. My father is so angry, he's trembling.
00:34:44Father, kick them out. Call the executioner.
00:34:50He isn't shaking from anger, Lucia.
00:34:54He's shaking because he finally realizes whose house he's standing in,
00:34:58and whose wife he just allowed to be dragged through the mud.
00:35:05Wife, just because she paid you for a night in your bed, doesn't make her your wife.
00:35:11Father, are you going to deal with this filth or not?
00:35:19I'm not dealing with them, you idiot!
00:35:22I'm dealing with you!
00:35:24You!
00:35:28You blind, arrogant fool!
00:35:31Do you have any idea what you've done?
00:35:36RAAAGH!
00:35:46Apologize! Now!
00:35:48Before he burns the roof down over our heads!
00:35:55I-I-I-I am a senator of Rome! You can't strike a senator!
00:35:59A senator? You are nothing more than a worm, Silas.
00:36:03You're standing before your master!
00:36:10Gaius, no!
00:36:12Gaius, no!
00:36:13That is the symbol of my son's triumph!
00:36:16There is no celebration without this man.
00:36:19Look at him.
00:36:21Look at the crest on the breastplate that you mocked.
00:36:24No!
00:36:27No!
00:36:28Behold Mark Antony!
00:36:31Master of the House!
00:36:35Lord of the Legions!
00:36:37And the man who owns your lives!
00:36:44General, please. I have served you in a dozen campaigns. Will you show mercy to a father of fools?
00:36:53Mercy I don't know, Cleopatra.
00:36:56I've heard mercy is reserved for people of high status.
00:36:59What do you think?
00:37:04This is a trick! It's a staged play!
00:37:08He's a paid actor!
00:37:10A gladiator Cleopatra bought with her last coin!
00:37:14My father has been bewitched by Egyptian sorcery!
00:37:17Silence!
00:37:19Kneel, you arrogant girl!
00:37:21Kneel both the general and his wife before I take your head myself!
00:37:29You have never feared a thing.
00:37:32But you fear this man and his wench.
00:37:39Could...
00:37:40Could this be the truth?
00:37:46You're lucky I don't raise a hand to women, Lucia.
00:37:49But you, Gaius.
00:37:51Your daughter is a cancer on this Republic.
00:37:56Perhaps the deputy should resign his staff if he cannot govern his own house.
00:38:11She is nothing to me.
00:38:13As of this moment, she is disowned.
00:38:16She is a stranger to my name.
00:38:19She does not represent the House of Gaius.
00:38:21I see. You found an untouchable titan to hide behind.
00:38:25Even in his shadow, you're still a beggar!
00:38:28You will never be more than a street rat!
00:38:32You're wrong, Silas.
00:38:34I didn't find a titan.
00:38:36I found a partner.
00:38:38One who isn't scared of powerful women.
00:38:44You lived off my gold, my resources, and my brilliance for seven years.
00:38:50And never once thought to ask who I really was.
00:38:53The House of Antony revokes our support.
00:38:56Your assets are seized.
00:38:58Your name is disgraced.
00:39:00No!
00:39:03Please!
00:39:05No, we will do anything!
00:39:07I beg of you!
00:39:11Beg for General Antony's forgiveness, boy.
00:39:14Our future depends on it.
00:39:19As of this, for example, he will be for the castle.
00:39:33Grandmother, I didn't expect you back from the North so soon.
00:39:37Do not dare call me Grandmother, Marcus. You have gone too far. You have turned the sacred Senate of Rome
00:39:44into a circus for a foreign girl.
00:39:47You may have a sword, Marcus, but you are a fool. I am the only one with real power here.
00:39:58The Empress gave you a command, brother. You were to marry Lady Octavia of the House of Cicino.
00:40:05Instead, you chose a beggar from a shipwreck.
00:40:08You don't command me, Severus. You're just a coward who stayed in Rome while I bled on the battlefield.
00:40:15Careful, General. You command the legions, but the Empress holds the final seal on all family assets.
00:40:22Without her signature, the House of Antony and your word are powerless.
00:40:28As the designated heir, I declare that Antony has no authority to fire Gaius.
00:40:33The deputy remains. And Silas remains.
00:40:37I'll live in the future, aren't you?
00:40:40He thought too much of himself, and now he has fallen low.
00:40:44That's Severus. The Empress prefers him. We have been saved.
00:40:49Enough!
00:40:51We have a guest arriving tomorrow for the feast.
00:40:54The Queen of Egypt seeks an intelligent Roman man to oversee her military might and investments.
00:41:00Silas, you will be the golden boy we will present to the Queen.
00:41:06We may have lost the battle, but we will not lose the war.
00:41:14The choice is simple, Marcus.
00:41:17Marry Octavia by sunset tomorrow, or lose the House of Antony forever.
00:41:21I will strip your title and your gold.
00:41:25You will be as penniless as the girl you brought home.
00:41:29Then start stripping my name off of every Skrull, Grandmother.
00:41:33I'm marrying Cleopatra.
00:41:36Fine, then, you stupid boy.
00:41:39My decision is final.
00:41:40This man just met me, and now he is losing everything for me.
00:41:55This must be the Egyptian treasury I've been awaiting.
00:42:00Tell Titus that the House of Antony's proposal is approved.
00:42:04By my own hand, the Queen of Egypt.
00:42:07Should we notify General Antony, my lady?
00:42:12No.
00:42:13Announce it at the feast tomorrow.
00:42:15Make it loud.
00:42:17I'm going to give my husband the surprise of his life.
00:42:21The Queen of Egypt isn't on her way to Rome.
00:42:24She's already here.
00:42:28Marriage is not a matter of the heart, boy.
00:42:31It is strategy, same as any battle.
00:42:34Marrying Octavia is our only path to the Queen of Egypt.
00:42:38Do not pretend to know what the Queen of Egypt prefers, Empress.
00:42:42And you do.
00:42:44You're just a lowly whore.
00:42:46Guards, throw her into the Tiver!
00:42:48She stalked me across three provinces because she couldn't handle being replaced!
00:42:56Don't, Antony.
00:42:57He isn't worth the stain on your knuckles.
00:43:01When General Antony and I met on that ship, I was pretending.
00:43:05Not completely honest about who I was.
00:43:09Finally, she admits to being an imposter.
00:43:11A fake marriage for a fake Queen.
00:43:14It was fake.
00:43:17But now...
00:43:19Now it's the only real thing in this room.
00:43:26Mark Antony.
00:43:27You offered me your name when I had nothing.
00:43:30Now, I am asking for your heart.
00:43:34Will you marry me for real this time?
00:43:46Do you hear this, Lucia?
00:43:48The Empress of the Gutter thinks she can charm a respectable man into social suicide.
00:43:54You really think he'll marry a street rat, darling?
00:43:57He'd sooner burn his own house down than be seen with a woman who spreads her legs for her dinner.
00:44:05Listen to me, Marcus.
00:44:07If you say yes to this girl, you lose the name Antony.
00:44:11You lose your rank, your gold, and your seat in this chamber.
00:44:16You will lose everything.
00:44:18When I proposed on that ship, I had a fortune, a fleet, and a future.
00:44:22And you turned me down.
00:44:25Now I have nothing but the dirt on my boots, and you're saying yes.
00:44:29I'm not saying yes to the general, Antony.
00:44:32I'm saying yes to the man who held me when the world turned on me.
00:44:43Yes.
00:44:44I will marry you, Cleopatra.
00:44:55She is my wife now.
00:44:57Does anyone in this room have a problem with that?
00:45:04A touching performance, brother, truly.
00:45:07You've traded the might of Rome for a handful of Egyptian sand.
00:45:11You are suspended from all duties, Marcus.
00:45:13Your accounts are frozen.
00:45:14Do not call me family.
00:45:16Do not step foot in my home.
00:45:18I am done with you.
00:45:20Your marriage to Lady Octavia is the only reason we were invited to the feast for the Queen of Egypt.
00:45:27Now, you won't even be allowed in the same building as the Queen to ask for your investment.
00:45:33I don't need Octavia.
00:45:35My investment has already been approved by the Queen of Egypt herself.
00:45:39I have her word.
00:45:41Her word.
00:45:44In Rome, if it isn't written in blood and stamped with a seal, it's a fairy tale.
00:45:50Unless you have a signed contract from the Queen of Egypt in your hand right now, you have nothing but
00:45:54a beggar for a bride.
00:45:58You think you've won a general girl?
00:46:00You've won a shell of a man.
00:46:02You have no idea the hell you've just raised.
00:46:06I know exactly what I've done, Severus.
00:46:08It's you and your family who should worry about my wrath.
00:46:15Cheer up, Silas.
00:46:17Since my brother has gone mad, there is a vacancy in our family.
00:46:23You're joining us for the Queen's feast tomorrow.
00:46:25Oh, Lord Severus.
00:46:27You are too kind.
00:46:29My Silas is exactly the kind of man the Queen of Egypt is looking for.
00:46:34The Queen of Egypt has a soft spot for scholars and self-made men.
00:46:38If Silas plays his cards right, the Queen might fund the House of Antony under his name.
00:46:43We'll leave Marcus to rot in the streets while we build a new empire.
00:46:49Felix, tell me the official contract from the Queen of Egypt arrived.
00:46:56Nothing, General.
00:46:57We haven't received the signed scroll yet.
00:47:01A nobody like Antony thinks he can get gold from the Queen of Egypt.
00:47:05Good luck, Master.
00:47:07While you're outside looking for scraps, I'll be inside, sitting at the Queen's right hand.
00:47:13Trust me, Antony.
00:47:14You'll get what you need exactly when it hurts them the most.
00:47:34Cleopatra, listen to me.
00:47:36The feast will be a snake pit.
00:47:38Between the Empress, Severus, and Lady Octavia, they will try to tear you apart piece by piece.
00:47:43They want to humiliate you until you break.
00:47:45I will do whatever it takes to keep you safe.
00:47:48Relax, Antony.
00:47:50I've handled worse than a few Roman snobs and some spilled wine.
00:47:54You don't need to worry about me.
00:47:55I believe in you.
00:47:58But this is a lot to handle.
00:47:59I will find a way to sign that contract, secure the gold, and silence them all.
00:48:03Keeping you safe is my only job now.
00:48:05Where is that cocky general from the shipwreck?
00:48:08The one who told me he owned the world and every wave in it.
00:48:14That man died the moment he saw you bleed on these steps.
00:48:17Now, there is only your husband.
00:48:20Come, my wife.
00:48:22Come, my wife.
00:49:01The scrolls are prepared for your final seal.
00:49:04Everything is ready for the feast.
00:49:07All of Rome is waiting for the Queen of Egypt.
00:49:13Good.
00:49:14I want to see the look on Silas' face when he realizes the servant he threw away is the most
00:49:22powerful woman in the world.
00:49:32How go the preparations for the feast?
00:49:35Has the Roman elite begun to swarm the gates like the locusts they are?
00:49:40Everything is ready, my lady.
00:49:42The billion gold contract for the House of Antony has been fininized and secured within the vault.
00:49:48Ensure the contract is tight, Titus.
00:49:50The gold is for Mark Antony alone.
00:49:53Not the Empress, not Severus, and certainly not Silas.
00:49:56If they cast Antony out of their house, the money follows him.
00:50:00Let them find out what a desert feels like when the well runs dry.
00:50:04It shall be done.
00:50:06Two of your most loyal allies have crossed the sea to pay tribute and request a private audience.
00:50:11Prince Xerxes and General Varam of the Persian Highlands.
00:50:14Bring them in.
00:50:15I have missed the company of men who understand the weight of a crown.
00:50:25Your majesty, your light reaches even the furthest corners of the east.
00:50:30It is dull world when you are not in it.
00:50:32The Desert Lioness returns.
00:50:34It is an honor to stand in your shadow once more, my lady.
00:50:38Without you, our own empire would be in ruin.
00:50:40You have saved our people and our homes.
00:50:43We are forever in your debt.
00:50:46Are you both attending the feast tomorrow?
00:50:49Rome is a city of fools.
00:50:51They need to see what true power looks like.
00:50:56I cannot attend the feast, my lady.
00:50:58Things have grown tense between the House of Cersei and my men.
00:51:01We assumed you had authorized their expansion into our trade routes, so I did not intervene to crush them.
00:51:06I did not wish to offend your interests.
00:51:09I authorize nothing of the sort.
00:51:11The House of Cersei is overstepping.
00:51:14They believe they are the masters of the Mediterranean, but they are about to learn they are merely tenants.
00:51:20And their lease just expired.
00:51:23Well then, tomorrow should be quite entertaining.
00:51:27To the fall of fools.
00:51:31I will get vengeance for us, husband.
00:51:34I promise.
00:51:38I promise.
00:51:53I know the sea took everything you owned.
00:51:56I cannot replace your history, but I can ensure that tomorrow, Rome sees you as I do.
00:52:02The most beautiful man in the entire empire.
00:52:06Wear these, and walk with me.
00:52:09I can buy every bolt of cloth in the empire, but the man who has lost everything seeks to clothe
00:52:15me in riches.
00:52:23Titus, tell me the Queen of Egypt has signed our contract.
00:52:26If not, my family will see me crushed by sunrise.
00:52:30The Queen of Egypt is not receiving petitionates today, General.
00:52:34Not even those of your standing.
00:52:37Without that signature, I am walking into that feast with a target on my back.
00:52:42And I have no armor.
00:52:44Do not let your heart falter, General.
00:52:46The Queen believes in you.
00:52:48You will have your answer at the feast.
00:52:51And not a moment sooner.
00:52:58The Queen of Egypt
00:53:21If Octavia has harmed you, she shall feel every bit of my wrath.
00:53:25Don't just ruin her, General.
00:53:26Erase her.
00:53:29Is that the voice?
00:53:30It couldn't be.
00:53:33Clear the way!
00:53:34By order of the magistrate!
00:53:43No.
00:53:44It's impossible.
00:53:59Lady Octavia has done us a favor, Silas.
00:54:02She has secured us an audience with Hector, the master of this house and the wealthiest merchant in the Republic.
00:54:09If you want to meet a queen, you cannot look like a clerk.
00:54:16Spare no expense, Lord Silas.
00:54:18The Queen of Egypt is a creature of legend.
00:54:22She must see you as the absolute pinnacle of Roman status.
00:54:27The only man worthy of her investment.
00:54:34Listen to me, my son.
00:54:35This Queen of Egypt is more influential than Lucia and wealthier than the Empress herself.
00:54:40If you play your cards right, you could woo the Queen of Egypt.
00:54:44With her hand in marriage, you would rule more than a house.
00:54:47You would rule the world.
00:54:56Don't touch that.
00:54:57I won't have your filthy hands contaminating my wardrobe.
00:55:00This silk costs more than you'll see in a lifetime.
00:55:03Go find a ragsailer near the docks.
00:55:05This boutique is for people with names.
00:55:07A name is just a sound, Lucia.
00:55:10Quality is something you can't buy.
00:55:13And this silk, it's been over-dyed.
00:55:16It will stain your skin by midnight.
00:55:19You have a lot of nerve coming here, General.
00:55:22You threw away my sister, Octavia, for this street rat.
00:55:29Tell me, Marcus.
00:55:31How does it happen?
00:55:32Did she hook you with that scholar's tongue?
00:55:34Or is she simply more generous in bed than a highborn lady like Octavia?
00:55:40Careful, boy.
00:55:41You aren't a general anymore.
00:55:44You're just a beggar in a borrowed robe, throwing a tantrum where you don't belong.
00:55:51Let him rage.
00:55:53While he's counting coppers, my Silas will be the one to wed the Queen of Egypt.
00:55:58He is the only man in Rome with the pedigree and the intellect to handle a Queen's fortune.
00:56:07Oh.
00:56:08So now you think he can do better than me?
00:56:11The Queen of Egypt is the most powerful woman in the world.
00:56:15A marriage to the Queen of Egypt might have been possible once, Cornelia.
00:56:20But now it will never happen.
00:56:22You're still talking.
00:56:23Who are you to speak for the Queen of Egypt?
00:56:28You want to know who I am?
00:56:30You've spent seven years spending my bold and never once looked at the face on the coin.
00:56:36I am the Queen of Egypt.
00:56:48The Queen of Egypt, a clean cloak doesn't make you a queen.
00:56:53My God, the humiliation has finally snapped her mind.
00:56:56Cleopatra, stop.
00:56:58Don't use that name, not even as a joke.
00:57:01The Queen of Egypt has spies in every shadow.
00:57:04She will have you executed for such a lie and even I cannot protect you from her reach.
00:57:11Deliver this to Titus.
00:57:13Tell him I want to buy everything the Cersei family owns.
00:57:16Wipe them out of every bolt of silk and grain of spice.
00:57:19Put it all in my name.
00:57:22The girl's brain has rotted in the heat.
00:57:25Boy, get that ivory toy out of here before I charge her for the air she's wasting.
00:57:31You're pathetic.
00:57:33You think a fancy bit of bone makes you a queen.
00:57:36All you've ever been good for is sucking men dry of their dignity and patience.
00:57:44If you touch her, if you even breathe in her direction again,
00:57:49you're dead.
00:57:50I don't care about the Senate.
00:57:52I don't care about the law.
00:57:54I will end you.
00:57:56Sir!
00:57:57Master Hector.
00:57:58A message from Lady Octavius Currier.
00:58:01The Queen of Egypt has just executed a hostile takeover.
00:58:04They bought every warehouse from the docks to the hills.
00:58:06The Queen of Egypt, she now owns everything.
00:58:09Every brick, every bolt, every debt.
00:58:12We are done.
00:58:20You heard the man, Hector.
00:58:21Leave this building immediately.
00:58:23Or my guards will throw you into the mud where your manners belong.
00:58:28You...
00:58:30You can't...
00:58:31Octavia will have your head for this!
00:58:34This is a Roman establishment!
00:58:36If you say one more word,
00:58:38I will blacklist your name from every trade guild in Rome.
00:58:42You won't be able to sell a loaf of bread in this republic by sunrise.
00:58:45Now, get out.
00:59:11Could it be?
00:59:12Could that peasant...
00:59:13Could she really be the Queen?
00:59:15No.
00:59:16Think about it, Lucia.
00:59:18She's a scholar.
00:59:19She likely met the Queen while she was slumming it in the Nile.
00:59:23The Queen of Egypt is known for her...
00:59:26Charity...
00:59:27Towards the poor.
00:59:29He's right.
00:59:30She's a fraud using the Queen's sympathy to settle a petty grudge.
00:59:34She stole that ivory seal.
00:59:36I'm sure of it!
00:59:37She's playing a dangerous game.
00:59:40Tonight, at the feast,
00:59:42the real Queen of Egypt will be there.
00:59:44I will expose that street rat in front of the entire Senate.
00:59:48I'm going to watch her burn.
00:59:51Cleopatra,
00:59:52I have seen men use many tricks to survive.
00:59:55I have seen spies use stolen seals and beggars play at being kings to avoid the noose.
01:00:01You're not seriously telling me you're the real Queen of Egypt.
01:00:10I can't tell him.
01:00:11Not yet.
01:00:12I need the master to stay on until the very moment they think they've won.
01:00:18I'm sorry, Antony.
01:00:19I didn't mean to scare you.
01:00:20I'm not the Queen.
01:00:21But I did know her.
01:00:23Years ago, she came to visit an orphanage.
01:00:25We struck up a friendship.
01:00:27She gave me that ivory seal as a gift of protection.
01:00:32An orphanage, of course.
01:00:35That makes so much more sense than a scholar being a monarch.
01:00:39If the Queen is truly your friend, then we have a chance.
01:00:44But Cleopatra, listen to me.
01:00:46You stood by me on that ship,
01:00:48and in that Senate chamber,
01:00:49when even my own blood turned cold.
01:00:52My only job now,
01:00:54my only purpose,
01:00:55is to be your shield.
01:00:58I don't care about gold or the titles.
01:01:01I just want to get you through tonight alive.
01:01:04I have been surrounded by kings and princes my whole life.
01:01:07The only thing they've ever seen is the crown.
01:01:11Antony is the first man to ever value the woman beneath it.
01:01:16I've been dying for the whole world to know you are mine.
01:01:19I'm tired of the whispers.
01:01:21I'm tired of the shame they tried to pile on you.
01:01:24Don't worry, Antony.
01:01:25After tonight,
01:01:27they won't be talking about anything else.
01:01:40Finally,
01:01:41the real leader has been put in charge of the House of Antony.
01:01:46While my brother was playing war in the mud,
01:01:49I was securing our future.
01:01:53Thanks to the unparalleled influence of Lady Octavia,
01:01:57the Queen of Egypt has already opened her vaults to me.
01:02:02Tonight,
01:02:03the Queen of Egypt doesn't just fund a house,
01:02:07she funds
01:02:08a dynasty.
01:02:36you have a lot of nerve showing up to a villa you no longer own.
01:02:39brother. Guards, why is there a stranger standing in my hall? Seize him. I am still a lord of this
01:02:53house, Severus. I have every right to stand in this hall. A hall my campaigns paid for,
01:02:58while you hid in the shadows. Your rights were stripped the moment you turned your back on your
01:03:04duty. You should be standing at Lady Octavia's side, begging for her forgiveness, not parading
01:03:11this gutter trash around like she's a prize. Mind your tongue. This is my wife. You will address
01:03:19her with the respect her title demands. Title? What title? Professional parasite? Scholar of the
01:03:29sheets? Look at him, friends. The great Mark Antony, the Lion of Rome, caught in the web of a
01:03:34common gold digger who traded a few books for a general's name. Go back to the docks, Egyptian!
01:03:44Does she charge by the scroll or by the hour?
01:04:00Since you love Roman hospitality so much, why don't you make yourself useful? Serve the guests,
01:04:07pour the wine, Queen, and try not to spill any on the real nobility. Doesn't that make you feel pathetic,
01:04:16Marcus? You used to be the most powerful man in Rome, and now you're just her lapdog, watching
01:04:24her serve the men who used to fear you.
01:04:37Shut your mouth, Severus! One more word about my wife. I won't just take your life, I'll take your tongue.
01:04:47The Lion still thinks he has claws. How quaint. Crawl back to Octavia, Marcus. Beg her to let
01:04:54you sleep at the foot of her bed. Maybe then you'll eat tonight.
01:05:02a
01:05:03a
01:05:07beg
01:05:26a
01:05:27a
01:05:27the new master of rome will take this i want to see if there's a man beneath all that false
01:05:33pride
01:05:35enough
01:05:41severus doesn't have the authority to exile you from this house marcus but i do
01:05:52i will ask you one last time in front of the gods and the senate will you put aside this
01:05:58desert trash
01:06:00and marry lady octavia to save the house of antony
01:06:06no he's a fool grandmother octavia is our only bridge to the queen of egypt without her favor
01:06:13we are locked out of every egyptian vault he's bankrupting us for a girl who should have
01:06:18drowned in the ionian sea
01:06:23you call that strategy severus selling your own blood for a shot at garnering the favor of a queen
01:06:31you're not a leader you're a treasonous coward
01:06:36parasite egyptian witch she's bleeding him dry throw her to the dogs
01:06:54you speak of egyptian vaults in favor as if they are gifts octavia can give you
01:06:59her name is worthless in the court of the queen of egypt now you dare to curse the name of
01:07:05octavia
01:07:06you'll stop at nothing you're a drowning rat trying to take the finest ship in rome down with you
01:07:13it's tragic really she's so desperate to stay relevant that she's hallucinating
01:07:17let her bark lucia it's the last thing she'll do before the guards drag her back into the streets
01:07:24where she belongs you mock my origins while you pray for my coins to keep your roofs from collapsing
01:07:32and your legions from deserting your coins you have nothing but the dress my brother bought you
01:07:38you are draped in antony's charity girl even with his name you are nothing she's lost her mind
01:07:45why are we listening to this have her removed
01:07:51if the house of antony wants the gold you don't need octavia you need me
01:07:59she's a thief empress a common criminal she's trying to dismantle the cersei legacy by stealing
01:08:07their merchandise she's using the queen's name to settle a petty grudge
01:08:14it was the queen's doing silas the queen of egypt executed the takeover if you were half as smart
01:08:23as you think you are you would see that you are outmatched and how exactly would the queen of egypt
01:08:31even know you exist at all because she was a servant empress a kitchen drudge in the back waters of
01:08:38the
01:08:38naya the queen visited an orphanage to hand out brother poor and this scavenger happened to be
01:08:43holding the basket she's been riding the importance of that one charity moment ever since she's a
01:08:49parasite feeding on the queen's good graces you spend so much time looking down that you've missed
01:08:54the ground falling away beneath your feet i am not the enemy the house of cersei has been bleeding your
01:09:00family for years you shouldn't be screaming at me you should be on your knees asking for my forgiveness
01:09:22forgiveness from a slave who hasn't even learned to bow you have a vivid imagination little street rat
01:09:30it's almost a shame i have to crush it
01:09:40it's a fascinating little play you've staged beggar taking my husband taking my family's merchandise
01:09:47you've been quite the busy little thief
01:09:50it's a pity really all that effort to steal a name and yet you still smell like rotting fish
01:09:56rome doesn't reward ambition in the lowborn girl it punishes it octavia is a goddess of the republic
01:10:03you are a stain on the name antoni
01:10:12antoni let go you're assaulting a daughter of rome you will never lay a finger on my wife
01:10:21not today not ever your wife look at the room marcus
01:10:33even your allies are laughing now both of you kneel
01:10:41kneel and beg for the house of cersei to show you mercy
01:10:44or i will ensure you spend the rest of your lives in a cage
01:10:54you speak of pedigree octavia but you don't even know where your father's money ends and you begin
01:11:00and once i strip away your father's stolen gold
01:11:04i suspect there won't be anything left of you to see
01:11:09octavia's money bought the very air you're breathing
01:11:13every thread on her back is worth more than your life
01:11:16then she should have checked the weaver's mark
01:11:20this is an egyptian design octavia it is designed with a single master knot
01:11:26to signify the loyalty of the garment to its true owner
01:11:30what nonsense is this she thinks she's a seamstress now
01:11:35end this octavia have the guards remove this lunaturk
01:11:49octavia you you cover yourself don't bother silas you can't hide the truth with more cloth
01:11:56you look more yourself now octavia small vulnerable without your father's wealth to hide behind
01:12:04you're just another girl in the dark you should be the one kneeling
01:12:16rome wanted to see the queen of egypt look closely because i'm the only one in this room who isn't
01:12:23wearing a costume
01:12:34guards strike her down kill her kill anyone who stands with her
01:12:54enough of this madness you've assaulted a daughter of rome and stripped her of her dignity in her
01:13:00own hall the game is over street rat she's a fraud a thief she used foreign magic to ruin a
01:13:07lady
01:13:09empress look at the chaos this woman brings she is a rot in our house i side with the house
01:13:15of cersei
01:13:17for the sake of the republic for the sake of the republic this parasite must be answered for
01:13:22punish her
01:13:31you think you can threaten me with steel and slander
01:13:37you think you're going to send me to hell for taking what is mine
01:13:42i have the blood of the gods
01:13:51don't be a martyr anthony you chose a side and it was the losing one let the general watch
01:13:57let him see what happens to the girl who thought she could mock the house of cersei
01:14:03you only breathe because i allow it witch you're a bug under my heel and i'm tired of the noise
01:14:09you make
01:14:11guards finish her
01:14:27prince axis general bahram perfect timing my family has been expecting you
01:14:33help me take out this trash and clear the room of this egyptian infestation we are not here for you
01:14:40little girl we are here because we were called
01:14:45and you have your steel against the throat of the only reason you're still breathing
01:14:59called by whom this is a roman feast lady octavia is the one who secured your audience
01:15:05general you're mistaken the girl she's a fraud tell your men to seize her before she escapes
01:15:13if a single drop of her blood touches this floor i will burn this city until the tiber runs red
01:15:19with
01:15:19your names drop your steel now
01:15:36forgive the delay my lady the roman streets are as congested as their minds
01:15:42we received your message at the villa the fleets are ready and the gold is moved
01:15:52lady you threatened is not a commoner she is the sovereign of the alexandria treasury she is the queen of
01:15:59egypt herself
01:16:05a lie it's all a staged lie you bought these men didn't you you use the last of your stolen
01:16:12gold
01:16:13to hire actors to play at being queen he's right i demand proof no one becomes a queen in a
01:16:20night
01:16:21if she is the queen of egypt let her prove it with more than just a few kneeling foreigners prove
01:16:27it
01:16:27or i'll have the guards rip the skin from her back
01:16:40stop step away from the lararium girl that fire is sacred any outsider who spills blood on that hearth
01:16:47will be struck down by the gods before they can leave this room it will be your execution let her
01:16:54do
01:16:54it grandmother let the gods do the guards work for them no peasant survives the touch of the ancestral
01:17:01fire if her blood is common the flames will turn to ash and her life will follow cleopatra don't you
01:17:09don't have to prove anything to these vultures the fire it's ancient it's killed men for less
01:17:17please don't gamble your life on a roman superstition go on then street rat do it spill your common
01:17:24muddy blood on the hearth of the antoni the second that drop hits the coal the curse will rip the
01:17:29breath
01:17:29from your lungs you aren't a queen you're just a girl about to find out how much it hurts to
01:17:35burn
01:17:38power isn't something you steal sinus it's something you are
01:17:41power trust me marcus i have walked through hotter fires than this
01:18:09i have walked through hotter fires than this
01:18:10i have walked through hotter fires than this
01:18:25the fire only burns the unworthy silas
01:18:35to the rest of the world i am a stranger
01:18:38but to the flame i am the only one in this room who is truly home
01:18:47you wanted to see my status julia your own gods have answered i am one of them
01:18:54i am one of them i am one of them i am one of them
01:18:59now who wants to talk about strategy
01:19:12the queen she is the queen of egypt
01:19:15we mocked a woman who could buy the tiber and turn it to gold
01:19:20my lady forgive the the exuberant welcome we were testing your resolve
01:19:25a woman of your stature surely understands the need for roman vigilance
01:19:29the deal the investment octavia spoke of it is still on the table of course
01:19:35with your gold and my leadership the house of antony will rule for a thousand years
01:19:40read it severus every word
01:19:50this this isn't right the queen of egypt grants one billion gold coins
01:19:55but only to the individual only to marcus antony
01:20:00what are you saying it's not for the family it's not for the house the gold is legally bound to
01:20:06antony
01:20:07it's not for me alone if we ouced him if we exile him the money vanishes we don't get a
01:20:14single copper
01:20:15unless we bow to him in our rush to strip antony of power we have built a cage with no
01:20:20key you didn't
01:20:21just fund him you locked us out of our own inheritance
01:20:37my queen my sovereign if i had known if i had only seen the truth of your radiance
01:20:43i was misled octavia poisoned my mind she forced me to participate in this charade
01:20:48get up silas you're staining my sandals you didn't have to know i was a queen to treat me
01:20:55with dignity you just had to be a man of integrity you failed the only test that mattered
01:21:03my letter of appointment to senator i gave you the world and you threw it away for greed
01:21:10i revoke my word you are nothing
01:21:20we always knew there was something celestial about you my lady octavia lied to us she said you were a
01:21:27commoner she's the one who should be punished
01:21:36you you snakes you were wearing my jewelry an hour ago lucia i paid your father's gambling debt
01:21:45cornelia i gave you the seat next to the empress you gave us nothing but a front row seat to
01:21:51your own
01:21:51insanity octavia
01:22:04it's my hall my gold my robe you're all just reflections you aren't real i'm the only one who's real
01:22:21if i can't own the world then i'll take the world with me
01:22:36let that be the last debt paid tonight
01:22:53cleopatra my lady please i know things were said but i always cared for you you were like a daughter
01:23:00to me a daughter 10 minutes ago i was a parasite 20 minutes ago i was desert trash who should
01:23:06have
01:23:06drowned in the ionian you didn't care for me cornelia you only care for yourself
01:23:13i am done with all of you guard see these traitors to the gates they are never to stand in
01:23:21my presence again
01:23:27it seems i was mistaken about your choice marcus
01:23:30you have brought the greatest treasure in the world to our doorstep
01:23:34come take your seat at the head of the table the house of antony has never been stronger
01:23:40no grandmother
01:23:42i am no longer a man of the house of anton i watched you and severus sharpen your knives the
01:23:47moment you thought i was weak
01:23:49i am not your soldier and i am not your pawn
01:23:58i didn't fall for the queen
01:24:00i fell for the woman who wouldn't let me give up
01:24:04will you build this new world with me
01:24:12you would give up rome for me marcus
01:24:16you would walk away from your seat at the senate i've sat on the seats of the senate cleopatra
01:24:22they're cold i'd rather walk through the fire with you
01:24:27and let the old world burn we have a new one to build
01:24:34yes marcus a thousand times yes
01:24:46hail to the general hail to the great queen
01:25:05what happens tomorrow
01:25:08tomorrow we rule but tonight tonight we just breathe