Julius Caesar

Hellenistic dynasty ruling Egypt after Alexander, ending with the defeat of Cleopatra VII and annexation by Rome.

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.

Roman general and politician who became a leading Caesarian power-holder after 44 BCE.

Last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and a major participant in the final Roman republican conflicts.

Roman emperor from 54 to 68 CE whose reign forms the political setting for the story and whose government persecuted Christians in Rome after the Great Fire.

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.