10. De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)

Complete story — includes the ending

After losing the Battle of Actium, a vanquished Mark Antony barricades himself with Cleopatra in their palace in Alexandria. The palace becomes a place of never-ending orgies as Mark Antony drugs and drinks himself into stupor. Octavian sends an emissary to Mark Antony, with a secret message to Lucius Vorenus to avoid a direct assault on the palace, which might lead to a popular uprising. Mark Antony refuses Octavian's demand of unconditional surrender and challenges Octavian to single combat. Vorenus also refuses to betray Mark Antony by opening the palace gates. Meanwhile, Octavian sends an emissary to Cleopatra, promising to spare her and her kingdom from destruction in exchange for Antony, dead or alive. The next morning, the servant Charmian tells Antony that Cleopatra is dead, leading him to commit suicide with Vorenus's assistance. Cleopatra later commits suicide after realizing that she cannot seduce or negotiate with Octavian. Vorenus escapes with Caesarion, whom Octavian will kill to ensure his position as Caesar's heir. They meet up with Pullo, but Vorenus is wounded while battling with Octavian's soldiers at a checkpoint. They return to Rome, where Vorenus reconciles with his family on his deathbed. After Octavian's triumph (at which Atia warns Octavian's new wife Livia to not challenge her), Pullo convinces Octavian that Caesarion is dead and afterward begins to tell Caesarion (now renamed as Aeneas) about his father's true identity.