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Podcast: The Exploress
Episode: Cleopatra, Part 3: It Is Indeed Most Fine
Description: Season 2, Episode 23. When we last left Cleopatra, she was creeping out the back door of a chaotic Rome in the wake of Julius Caesar's death. As she sails the waves back to Alexandria, she broods over what might happen next. She's just lost her Roman lover, ally, and protector, in a world where Rome is increasingly calling most of the shots. And then there is Caesarion, her son with Julius Caesar. In him, she has both a valuable advantage AND a potential danger. In some ways, she's just as vulnerable as she was as a young exile. But Cleopatra...