He thought he was going to be supported by Octavian,
但屋大维却没提供安东尼预期的协助
but Octavian doesn't really help him in the way that Antony expected.
他需要兵援
He needs military support.
他需要金援
He needs money.
马克安东尼原本预期
Mark Antony has the expectation
他娶了屋大维的姐姐屋大薇之后
that by marrying Octavia, Octavian's sister,
他就能在进攻安息帝国时
he's going to get what he needs from Octavian
得到屋大维的协助
for the Parthian campaign.
但是屋大维只提供了两个军团
However, Octavian only provides him with two legions,
所以他如果要成功向东侵略
and so he still requires more forces
就还需要更多兵力
if he's going to have a successful invasion of the East.
随着冲突加剧
As conflict intensifies,
马克安东尼知道他需要寻求盟友
Mark Antony knows that now he needs to seek alliances,
克丽奥佩脱拉一定是优先人选
and Cleopatra has to be top on his list.
马克安东尼召唤了克丽奥佩脱拉
Mark Antony summons Cleopatra.
他没办法仰赖屋大维
He can't rely on Octavian,
他发现自己真的需要克丽奥佩脱拉
and he's realized that he does need Cleopatra.
在马克安东尼召唤了克丽奥佩脱拉后
After Mark Antony summons Cleopatra,
她就前往了位于叙利亚的安提阿
she travels to Antioch in Syria.
这个时候
At this stage,
克丽奥佩脱拉是占上风的
Cleopatra does have the upper hand,
可以提出要求的人是她
and she's the one who can make demands.
她想拿回之前的托勒密领土
She wants old Ptolemaic territories,
她还想确保
and she wants to ensure
这些领土可以回到她的帝国
that these territories can return to her kingdom.
尤其是赛普勒斯和克里特
Those territories being Cyprus and Crete, especially.
(叙利亚)
请所有人迴避
Please clear the room.
克丽奥佩脱拉... -不
Cleopatra-- - No.
你没资格解释
You don't get to explain.
你有三年的时间
You had three years.
你都不闻不问
Not a word.
对我和对孩子都是
Not to me or the children.
妳有没有把孩子带来?
The children, did you bring them?
我有没有把孩子带来?
Did I bring them?
带来找你?
To you?
我知道你把我召唤来这裡的原因
I know the reason you summoned me here.
我也知道...
I know...
你被屋大维反将一军的事
about your sorry little dance with Octavian.
我也有间谍
I have spies of my own.
我知道你需要我的帮助
I know you need my help.
我为什么要帮助你呢?
Why should I give it to you?
妳说得没错
You're right.
妳说得完全没错
You're absolutely right.
我们看到的是两个掌权者相聚
What we're seeing are two power players coming together
想办法促进
to try to figure out how to best promote,
彼此的共同利益
uh, each other's mutual interests.
马克安东尼需要克丽奥佩脱拉
And so Mark Antony needs Cleopatra
才能持续建立东罗马帝国的架构
for his ongoing structuring of the Eastern Roman Empire.
他没有足够的兵力
He doesn't have enough men.
也没有足够的物资
He doesn't have enough supplies.
她需要靠他巩固跟罗马的关係
She needs him for her associations with Rome.
她跟他开了一连串的条件
She gives him a list of demands.
基本上就是
And it's basically,
“把尤利乌斯凯撒夺走的一切还我”
"I want everything back that Julius Caesar took away."
她希望马克安东尼 承认这对双胞胎是他的孩子
She wants Mark Antony to claim the twins as his
并且分配领土给他们管理
and also be given territories to be in charge of.
她还希望他承认 凯撒里昂是尤利乌斯凯撒的儿子
And also Caesarion, she wants recognized as the son of Julius Caesar.
她依然很重视这件事
That's still important.
我想要
I want it.
我全都想要
I want it all.
克丽奥佩脱拉和马克安东尼 花了一整个冬天的时间
Cleopatra and Mark Antony spend an entire winter
在叙利亚安提阿进行协商
in Antioch, Syria, negotiating.
克丽奥佩脱拉想要的
What Cleopatra wants
就是恢复托勒密王国的荣耀
is to restore the glory of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
我仔细想过妳提的要求了
So, I thought about your demands,
妳想要的一切
about everything you want.
我配得的一切
Everything I deserve.
埃及配得的一切
Everything Egypt deserves.
但这依然是很重大的代价
Well, it's still an enormous price.
你的要求也很重大 而且只有埃及能够满足
For an enormous ask which only Egypt can provide.
我不是来跟妳争执的,法老
I'm not here to argue with you, Pharoah.
那你来干嘛?
Why are you here then?
我来干嘛?
Why am I here?
我会来是因为妳赢了
I'm here because you win.
我赢得了什么?
I win what?
妳赢得了一切
Everything.
为什么?
Why?
因为我们
Because of us.
我真的可以相信你吗?
Can I really trust you?
我不能跟妳同床又对妳说谎,对吧?
I can't share your bed and lie to you, now can I?
这是妳的规矩
Your rules.
这代表克丽奥佩脱拉 掌握了比以往都还大的权力
This means that Cleopatra is more powerful than ever.
她已经恢复了托勒密王国往日的荣耀
She's now restored the Ptolemaic Kingdom to its former glory.
马克安东尼也因此得到了 他进攻安息帝国
And in return, Mark Antony gets the military manpower that he needs
所需的兵力
for his Parthian campaign.
埃及拿回了这些领土之后
Egypt regaining control of these territories
就得以变得更加繁荣昌盛
allowed Egypt to prosper in truly remarkable ways.
国家拥有越多土地
The more a nation owns land,
帝国的中心就能变得越富有
the wealthier the core of that empire becomes.
这些土地能够让克丽奥佩脱拉
So, these lands would have added substantial power, wealth,
获得更多的权力、财富和保障
and security to Cleopatra,
这些就是她一直以来 想得到的关键要素
which are key elements that she always wants,
也是每个托勒密国王想得到的
that every Ptolemaic King wants.
在这个时候
And it's at this point,
马克安东尼也首次见到了
Mark Antony meets for the first time
克丽奥佩脱拉为他生的孩子
his children by Cleopatra.
我的小神,你好
My little god. Hello.
你好
Hello to you.
妳也要过来吗? -好,很好
Are you gonna come here too? - Yeah. That's it.
我完美的小神,看看你们
My perfect little gods. Look at you both.
看看你们
Look at you both.
根据各方记载
And from all accounts,
他深爱着他们
he is absolutely besotted with them.
他把双胞胎取名为太阳和月亮
He does name his twins the Sun and the Moon.
亚历山大赫利俄斯 和克丽奥佩脱拉塞勒涅
Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene.
马克安东尼和克丽奥佩脱拉 把他们的孩子
Mark Antony and Cleopatra are elevating their children
封为天上的太阳和月亮
to, literally, the sun and moon in the heavens.
他们打算让他们继承
They are setting them up to be the inheritors
他们打算让他们继承
They are setting them up to be the inheritors
马克安东尼和克丽奥佩脱拉
of a massive Eastern Empire
一同打造的广大东帝国
that Mark Antony and Cleopatra are creating together.
我们也要鞠躬,对
We bow too. Yes.
大人
My lord. - Aw.
虽然马克安东尼正准备侵略安息帝国
Although Mark Antony is preparing to invade Parthia,
马克安东尼和克丽奥佩脱拉 在这几个月的时间内
these are months where Mark Antony and Cleopatra
得以重燃爱火 并以家人的身分一同相处
have a chance to rekindle their romance and time together as a family.
她也怀上了他们的第三个孩子
And she becomes pregnant with their third child.
之后人生就出现了变数
Then life got in the way.
他们的人生是很重要的
And life for them is kind of, like, very serious.
政♥治♥、策略、战争
Politics, strategy, wars,
试图阻止安息人侵略他的领土
trying to stop the Parthians from, uh, invading his territory.
虽然有了克丽奥佩脱拉的金援
Despite Cleopatra's financial support,
但马克安东尼 侵略安息帝国还是失败了
Mark Antony's Parthian invasion fails.
主要原因是他的前盟友 亚美尼亚国王背叛了他
Much of this is because his former ally, the King of Armenia, betrays him.
安息人击败了马克安东尼
The Parthians essentially defeat Mark Antony.
马克安东尼这次的出征非常失败
It's... it's a disastrous campaign for Mark Antony.
他失去了数千名兵力
He loses thousands of men.
物资也大幅缩减
Huge damage to his supplies.
这是屋大维利用这点的大好机会
And it's a perfect opportunity for Octavian to make use of that.
他现在掌握了确切证据
But now he has this tangible evidence