By the Gods!

Pascale Petit, as Cleopatra, schemes some history with Apollodorus (Franco Volpi) in A QUEEN FOR CAESAR (1962)

This, imo, is how a PEPLUM should be : a pulpy version of history. As long as it's entertaining, what's bad about it? The relationship between these two (characters and actors) is fun. Directed by Piero Pierotti and an uncredited Viktor Tourjansky, who I think is wonderful. Coming soon to PEPLUM TV.