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Raoul Bova (born 14 August 1971) is an Italian actor. Bova was born in Rome to Calabrian parents. At the age of 16 he became a local champion in the 100 meter backstroke. At the age of 21 he joined the Italian Army and performed his military duty in the Bersaglieri (sharpshooters) corps. He enrolled in the ISEF, the Italian Institute of Physical Education, but dropped out to pursue a career in acting. He studied at the school Beatrice Bracco in Rome and also studied acting with Michael Margotta. In March 2000, he married Chiara Giordano. They have three children, Alessandro Leon, Francesco and Sophia. On 15 October 2010, Raoul Bova was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Description above from the Wikipedia article Raoul Bova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
The Battle of Actium is a naval catastrophe for Cleopatra and Antonius. Octavian's fleet defeats their combined forces, and Antonius, devastated and believing Cleopatra has betrayed him, flees to Egypt. The season follows the aftermath of this defeat as Cleopatra desperately tries to hold her kingdom together against Octavian's advancing forces. She negotiates, she strategizes, she considers betraying Antonius to save Egypt — but ultimately, her love for him is stronger than her pragmatism. When Octavian's army breaches the gates of Alexandria, Cleopatra makes the final decision: she will not be paraded through Rome as a captive. She will not allow her children to become footnotes in someone else's history. The final episodes are haunting, beautiful, and inevitable. Antonius dies first, in Cleopatra's arms. Cleopatra follows, choosing her death on her own terms. The series ends not with her death but with the world she leaves behind — Egypt absorbed into Rome, her children scattered, but her legend immortal. The last image is of her golden serpent diadem, fallen on the sand of Alexandria, as Rome marches forward.
