Seasons & Episodes
145 BC
Ptolemy VIII, known as Pot Belly, takes control. A vengeful mother has the support of the mob - and persuades Rome she c
128 BC
Greek Pharoah Pot Belly shows himself to be one of the few men to better the Cleopatras of his family.
115 BC
On his deathbed, Pot Belly stages his greatest practical joke -leaving a will gleefully designed to cause mayhem. It wor
100 BC
Berenike plots to get rid of her drunken husband Alexander. Chickpea reclaims the throne and Berenike's ambition is real
80 BC
For all his eccentricity, Fluter sees clearly that Rome is the true source of all power, and he sets off on an extended
51 BC
The youngest and most notorious of the Cleopatras, now 18, becomes joint ruler with her brother Ptolemy. Civil war break
46 BC
Cleopatra gives birth to Julius Caesar's son and takes him to republican Rome to persuade Caesar to declare himself King
35 BC
Mark Anthony's insatiable passion for Cleopatra saps his military judgement.
