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The book is the war that made the Roman Empire.

We're talking about the naval battle of Actium.

Antony Cleopatra and Octavian are the contestants.

There are other players here. We need to introduce Cleopatra.

Barry Cleopatra enters on a barge.

A spectacular presentation, celebrated by poets and Shakespeare and everyone,

of course, to Wow Antony at Tarsus.

Her entry to Caesar wowed him.

Who was Cleopatra? Where did she get these skills, Barry?

Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt.

She was a member of the dynasty of the Tolomeis.

Tolome had been one of Alexander the Great's generals.

After Alexander died, Tolome took over Egypt and turned it into his own personal kingdom.

And Tolome and his successors turned Egypt into one of the great states of the ancient world.

They built a new capital city called Alexandria,

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