The film revolves around main characters seeking power through warfare and/or assassination.
Some blood burst when a man is hit by a spear as well as mild blood when a man is impaled on a sword and during a battle scene.
Antony is shown stabbing himself with a sword.
A man is ambushed and stabbed to death, on the floor of his country's legislature, by a mob of legislators. They are shown sticking daggers into him, and he staggers forward with a blood-covered torso before dying.
Many extras are shown dying in battle, generally by being run through with swords or spears. There is little gore in these deaths.
Siege engines fire flaming projectiles at soldiers and a city gate. They hit no soldiers in that scene.
The corpses of various men are ceremonially cremated in several scenes. Other dead bodies are shown in various contexts.
The corpse of a minor character is thrown into the yard of another character's home as a warning to him. He is shown with bloody stab holes in his belly.
A man's severed head is taken out of a basket. Only the top of the head is shown.
Men are summarily sentenced to death by the government, in the person of a major character.
A man is executed offscreen by sword; he screams briefly in agony, unsettling all who are on camera.
A trusted servant attempts to assassinate the main character through poisoning. When her attempt is detected by another servant, the main character compels the assassin to drink from the cup that she had poisoned. The assassin promptly collapses and dies.