and together they want to rule the world. >> mark antony was one of the powerful generals controlling rome. mark antony meets and falls in love with cleopatra and establishes his base of operations in alexandria in egypt. >> he's a bit of what we today call a player. he was master of horse, cavalry commander for julius caesar. >> mark antony and herod the great, they're old war buddies. and herod the great actually saved mark antony's skin on one occasion. so they owe each other quite a bit. >> mark antony and herod had had a very intimate relationship that, of course, cleopatra knew of. and was very, very jealous. >> and cleopatra wants what