I had come to Rome in chains, but I would leave Rome a queen.

Selene’s life is a lesson to us that the trajectory of women’s equality hasn’t always been a forward march. In some ways the ancients were more advanced than we are today; there have been setbacks before and may be more in the future.

The curves of his smile become the waves in my ocean.

Apollodorus came, Caesar saw, Cleopatra conquered.

When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear

Ancient Rome was a violent place.