and Rufio (
Richard Burton and
Martin Landau)in a 1963 film
Cleopatra trailer screenshot • Rufio appears as the main antagonist of
The Hidden Ones, an
expansion for the 2017 video game ''
Assassin's Creed Origins''. He is referred to as
Gaius Julius Rufio (possibly to highlight his close relationship to Caesar) and, like Caesar, he is depicted as a member of the fictitious Order of the Ancients, a precursor organization to the
Templar Order. In an effort to reduce the Romans' control over the
Sinai Peninsula, the protagonist
Bayek assassinates Rufio's lieutenants to draw him out of hiding, before killing Rufio himself once he comes to Sinai in 38 BC to investigate the deaths personally. • Rufio appears in the 1999 two-part miniseries
Cleopatra, in which he was portrayed by
John Bowe. • Rufio also appears in the 1963 film
Cleopatra, in which he was portrayed by
Martin Landau. • In the 1945 film
Caesar and Cleopatra directed by Gabriel Pascal and based on the play by
George Bernard Shaw, Rufio is played by
Basil Sidney. == Notes ==