Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Octavian, Antony, na Marcus Aemilius Lepidus guzobere Second Triumvirate na 43 BC, nke a họpụtara onye ọ bụla n'ime ha maka okwu afọ ise iji weghachite iwu na Republic na
weta ndị gburu Siza n'ihu ikpe. Cleopatra natara ozi site n'aka Gaius Cassius Longinus, otu n'ime ndị gburu Siza, na Publius Cornelius Dolabella, onye ọchịchị nke Siria na onye na-eguzosi ike n'ihe nye Siza, na-arịọ maka enyemaka ndị agha. O kpebiri idegara Cassius ihe ngọpụ na alaeze ya na-eche ọtụtụ nsogbu dị n'ime ya ihu, ebe ọ na-eziga ndị agha anọ nke Siza hapụrụ n'Ijipt na Dolabella. Otú ọ dị, Cassius jidere ndị agha a na Palestine. Mgbe Serapion, onye ọchịchị Saịprọs nke Cleopatra, gbagara Cassius ma nye ya ụgbọ mmiri, Cleopatra kpọọrọ ụgbọ mmiri nke ya gaa Gris iji nyere Octavian na Antony aka n'onwe ya, mana e merụrụ ụgbọ mmiri ya nke ukwuu n'oké ifufe Mediterenian ma ọ bịarutere n'oge iji nyere aka n'ọgụ ahụ. Ka ọ na-erule oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke 42 BC, Antony emeriela ndị agha nke ndị na-egbu Caesar na Agha nke Philippi na Gris, na-eduga na igbu onwe nke Cassius na Brutus.