Marco Antonio

regno ellenistico (305-30 a.C.)

The final phase of the Roman Republic, marked by elite competition, political violence, civil wars, and the concentration of power in the hands of military leaders.

nome dello Stato romano dopo la repubblica (27 a.C. - 395 d.C.)

Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of Roman senators in the Theatre of Pompey on 15 March 44 BCE.

conflitto del 49-45 a.C.

The civil war following Caesar’s assassination, culminating in the defeat of Brutus and Cassius at Philippi in 42 BCE.

ultima regina del regno tolemaico d'Egitto

console e dittatore della Repubblica romana, nonché oratore, scrittore e storico

primo imperatore romano (r. 27 a.C.–14 d.C.)

Capital of the Roman Empire.

The cosmopolitan Egyptian city where Hypatia taught and where the film’s religious and political conflicts unfold.

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.