After losing the Battle of Actium, a vanquished Mark Antony barricades himself with Cleopatra in their palace in Alexandria. The palace becomes a place of never-ending orgies as Mark Antony and Cleopatra drug and drink themselves into stupor. Octavian sends an emissary to Mark Antony, with a secret message to Lucius Vorenus in an attempt to avoid a direct assault on the palace, which might lead to a popular uprising. It is made clear that Titus Pullo is aware that Caesarion is his son and that Vorenus also knows this. Mark Antony refuses Octavian's demand of unconditional surrender and challenges Octavian to single combat. Vorenus also refuses to betray Mark Antony by opening the palace gates. Practise with Vorenus and then with an emasculated court flunky shows how much Mark Antony's physical condition has deteriorated alongside his mental condition.
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Loved the series. Such a shame it got cancelled.
Because it got cancelled, this doesn't feel like a perfect series finale. Really don't like the fact that Lucius' fate is ambiguous... Shame that this show didn't get more seasons though.
Cleopatra dead is awesome.