It was directed by German director Uli Edel and written by Peter Pruce and Craig Warner.

He is out in the town with his daughter Julia (who in real history was not yet born) when news comes that Sulla is outside Rome with his army.

Pompey defies the order, sending Caesar into exile from Rome and presenting his superior with a swine's heart.

Caesar bargains to fight one of them for an extra day and wins, then has a seizure; the pirates are about to throw him into the sea just as a ship arrives with the ransom money.

The Senate send Pompey to deal with the problem after Caesar convinces them that he will not take the city with his army like Sulla did.

Caesar tells his mother that he intends to follow Pompey's example and gain recognition through military service.

While sacking a town in Gaul, Caesar comes across a strong-willed warrior who refuses to give in to the Romans attacking his home.

Back in Rome, Julia dies in childbirth, and Pompey begins to turn against Caesar after news arrives of his victories.

Pompey arrives in Alexandria and is immediately killed on the orders of the boy king Ptolemy XIII.

Cleopatra VII meets and seduces Caesar and manipulates his anger by persuading him to depose Ptolemy and install her as ruler of Egypt.

When he takes his seat on the Ides of March, the plotting senators mob Caesar, stab him several times and then flee from the building.

Calpurnia learns of the plot from Brutus's wife Portia and rushes to the Senate to find him dying alone on the floor.