Alexandria: The Tomb, the Window and the Ropes

Alexandria 30 BC: the tomb, the window and the ropes.

Transcript

Alexandria, thirty BC. Antony’s ships go over to the enemy, and he receives a false report that Cleopatra is dead.

Wounded, he is brought to her tomb. The door stays shut, but ropes drop from the window.

Cleopatra hauls him inside with her two maidservants. Antony dies in her arms.

Octavian marches into the city. Egypt ceases to be a kingdom. It becomes a province of Rome.