Rome VIII

Almost forgot my weekly Rome post. This week they did pretty well except for a few things about Cleopatra.

WTF was up with the pipe? WTF was she smoking?

Pullo and Vorenus finding Cleopatra.

Pullo nailing Cleopatra.

Once again, the real story was better. Cleopatra was not especially good looking. She was incredibly intelligent and spoke many languages, including Greek, Latin, and Egyptian, fluently. She was considered a goddess by the Egyptian people. She was a direct descendant of Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great's generals. The Ptolemys went native and adopted the Egyptian custom of brothers and sisters marrying. This kept the bloodline pure. The thought of Cleopatra getting nailed by a common Roman soldier was ludicrous.

Cleopatra actually had herself smuggled into Caesar's presence rolled up in a carpet.

Caesar did want Ptolemy and Cleopatra to rule jointly, but Ptolemy's advisors, who were depicted accurately as eunichs, had him escape from the palace and have his army besiege Alexandria.

Once again, even outnumbered, Caesar managed to survive and win.

Caesar was extremely pissed about Pompey being beheaded. That was depicted accurately. He loved to forgive and pardon his enemies as long as they were Roman.

Didja like the scenes switching back and forth from Caesar nailing Cleo to Servilia, Caesar's ex-mistress getting it on with Octavia, Caesar's grandniece?

Cleo doesn't have very big tits does she?

Posted by denny at October 18, 2005 02:37 PM