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And so it fell out that at Pharsalia, the great might and manhood of Rome met in bloody civil war, and Caesar's legions destroyed those of the great Pompey... So, that now only Caesar stood at the head of Rome. But, there was no joy for Caesar as in his other triumphs... for the dead which his legions counted and buried and burned were their own countrymen
And so it fell out that at Pharsalia, the great might and manhood of Rome met in bloody civil war, and Caesar's legions destroyed those of the great Pompey... So, that now only Caesar stood at the head of Rome. But, there was no joy for Caesar as in his other triumphs... for the dead which his legions counted and buried and burned were their own countrymen
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And done
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Would Caesar approve do you think
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Definitely Perhaps the veil of Isis would have bothered him a bit
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Three years
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and Rome remembers him only by the image on a gold coin
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Are they those I brought back with me
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When Octavian had them struck off
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it was to commemorate Caesar's deification
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So that he could inherit Caesar's divinity together with all the rest
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Even a dead god cannot rewrite his will
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Antony did present Caesarion's claims to the Senate
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He kept that much of his promise
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And he will keep the rest of it
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Movie Summary
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
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Cleopatra
