With her anxieties about Arsinoe reignited, Cleopatra decides to visit Caesar in a bid to make him claim his son Caesarion's paternity. Consequently, Caesar decides to walk the line and spares Arsinoe's life, exiling her to modern-day Turkey. On the other hand, Caesar finds himself in murky waters as he faces opposition from the people of Rome for his decision of executing the 17-year-old Arsinoe. For all practical purposes, Cleopatra becomes the unopposed leader and ruler of Egypt. Before Caesar leaves for Rome, Cleopatra exacts a promise from him to ensure that Arsinoe is executed. Meanwhile, Cleopatra discovers that she's pregnant with the child of Caesar. Soon, Arsinoe is also captured and fated with execution in Rome as a traitor to the republic. With Caesar's help, Cleopatra removes the threat of her brother, Ptolemy XIII, who's drowned at sea. Caesar and Cleopatra are met with opposition by the faction consisting of Pothinus, Ptolemy XIII, and Arsinoe. Cleopatra's charisma and personality work their magic on the Roman ruler, making Caesar take Cleopatra to Alexandria to put the rightful rulers on Egypt's throne.Ĭaesar's efforts to pacify the situation among the Ptolemy siblings fail and a civil war breaks out.
Cleopatra manages to get an audience with Julius Caesar in a bid to get her throne back.
But against Pothinus and Ptolemy's expectations, Caesar finds it shocking that they will behead a former Roman statesman and son-in-law. However, much to Pompey's bad luck, Pothinus schemes the decapitation of Pompey to yield Caesar's favor, and he arranges for Pompey's head to be sent to Caesar. While Cleopatra orchestrates her return to Egypt, Julius Caesar manages to succeed against his former son-in-law Pompey the Great, forcing Pompey to escape to Egypt.
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