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Subscribe to Alfa-Premium - the best premium service in Russia https://alfa.link/W7hWgw Cleopatra and Mark Antony - a classic love tragedy. Be it Shakespeare's text or one of the many film adaptations, the story of the last queen of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty is usually presented in this vein. Today, we tried to focus not on her rather romanticized image or on its deconstruction, but on the global Mediterranean context and figure out what was happening between Egypt and Rome then, what relations the last independent rulers of Ancient Egypt had with the Eternal City and how this whole drama turned out not only for its legendary figures - Caesar and Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian, who later became known as Octavian Augustus - but also for the entire region where it unfolded. Anyway, yes, today we are looking at one of the most famous stories in Egyptian history - the reign of Cleopatra and, as always, we are supplying it with additional context, ridiculous details and a small portion of skepticism towards the famous myths on the topic. Anyway, rejoice, today we have the history of Egypt and the history of Ancient Rome in one bottle, so the Redroom team wishes you a pleasant viewing. Links: Telegram channel with texts: https://t.me/redroomtext Egor's Instagram - / egor_redroom Patreon to support the channel - / redroomlimb Follow the videos on VK - https://vk.com/redroom_video Host: Egor Zyryanov Screenplay: Maxim Kuznetsov, Egor Zyryanov Fact check: Sergey Baigushev Editing director - Alena Pashko Animation - Alena Pashko, Ruslan Turivny Editing: Ilya Karmazinsky Character design and animation - Yulia Soludanova Maps - Zakhar Zhabkin Signature tracks: Alexander Zender (http://alexzender.tilda.ws/)