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Legacy

Wondery

History, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

3.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Cleopatra's future hangs in the balance, but there is one person who could change her fate. He is Julius Caesar, the most powerful man in the world - and he's come to Egypt. If only she can convince him of her worth.

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0:00.0	Follow Legacy on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. We've updated Wondery Plus with
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0:16.8	next obsession.
0:28.2	Welcome to Legacy and the second episode of our series on Cleopatra.
0:34.5	In the last episode, we left you with a bit of a cliffhanger where things were going wrong for the young Cleopatra. She stuck in the Sinai Desert after the young King Ptolemy the 13th,
0:40.3	who's both her husband and her brother.
0:42.7	He and his supporters have turned against her.
0:45.3	They, in turn, have antagonized Julius Caesar and outraged Rome
0:49.4	by beheading Pompey the Great and presenting his head to Julius Caesar,
0:54.1	thinking that would mean that
0:55.5	the Romans would be happy and grateful, but instead Julius Caesar has turned and expressed his
1:00.8	outrage that an Egyptian would dare do this to the greatest power in the Western world.
1:05.9	And now Caesar, the most powerful man in Rome, occupies the palace in Alexandria and has summoned
1:12.2	both Ptolemy and his sister to come and see him. And for Cleopatra still stuck in the desert,
1:17.8	this is her chance to meet what she hopes could be a powerful potential ally in her struggle to gain
1:26.0	power back from her brother.
1:34.9	But the problem is, how is she going to get past her brother's forces into the palace to meet with Caesar?
1:36.3	And never one to be phased by some banal logistics.
1:42.0	Cleopatra comes up with a very daring plan.
1:49.0	October 48 BC, the Royal Palace, Alexandria.
1:53.0	Cleopatra holds her breath,
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