With the defeat of the Egyptian fleet at Actium, Mark Antony and Cleopatra retreat to their palace and await their fate. Believing that Cleopatra has taken her life, Mark Antony decides follow her into the afterlife. She has other plans however and is quite prepared to negotiate with Octavian if there is any possibility her life and those of her children will be spared. Cleopatra asks Vorenus to take her son Caesarian to safety and Octavian sends Pullo after them. The old friends are soon together again but are waylaid by bandits. With Vorenus severely wounded, Pullo takes him back to Rome for what he hopes will be a happy reunion with his children.
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- Lucius Vorenus
- Titus Pullo
- Mark Antony
- Atia of the Julii
- Gaius Octavian Caesar
- Cleopatra
- Newsreader
- Octavia of the Julii
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
- Gaius Maecenas
- Mascius
- Vorena the Elder
- Lyde
- Castor
- Emmissary
- Caesarion
- Merula
- Lucius
- Centurion Vallo
- Egyptian Courtier
- Livia Drusilla
- Charmian
- The Old Witch
- Alfidia
- Vorena the Younger
- Cleopatra's Assistant