It's spring and the air is cool as Cleopatra sails away from Rome.

Behind her, the Italian coastline fades into the mist.

A few weeks ago, she was on top of the world.

She had conquered the most powerful man alive, born him a son,

and walked the streets of Rome as his equal, perhaps even as his successor.

And now that's all gone.

Julius Caesar is dead, His enemies have taken power.

And Cleopatra, a foreign queen, a symbol of everything they hated about him, has no choice

but to leave. She stands at the rail of her ship staring toward the horizon. Her mind is racing. What

now? She's reviewing the possibilities, making plans and backup plans. But there are no great options.

Any way she looks at it, the work of the past five years has been completely undone.

To say that her rule is precarious would perhaps be understating it, her very life is at stake.

But Cleopatra is, above all, a survivor.

Within just a few years, she would rebuild her power,

charm the most powerful man in Rome,

and reclaim her place at the center of the world.

But first, she had to survive. I'm going to show you how great I am.

Yes, let's have Siamis.

I just want to say from the bottom of me, heart, I'd like to take this chance to apologize to absolutely nobody.

Hello, and welcome to How to Take Over the World.

This is Ben Wilson and this is part two on the life of Cleopatra.

On episode one, we saw how Cleopatra rose to power, won a civil war, and tried to establish

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