January 19, 1983 • 50m
Ptolemy VIII, known as Pot Belly, takes control. A vengeful mother has the support of the mob - and persuades Rome she can be just...Read more
January 26, 1983 • 50m
Greek Pharoah Pot Belly shows himself to be one of the few men to better the Cleopatras of his family.
February 2, 1983 • 50m
On his deathbed, Pot Belly stages his greatest practical joke -leaving a will gleefully designed to cause mayhem. It works. Chickp...Read more
February 9, 1983 • 50m
Berenike plots to get rid of her drunken husband Alexander. Chickpea reclaims the throne and Berenike's ambition is realised when ...Read more
February 16, 1983 • 50m
For all his eccentricity, Fluter sees clearly that Rome is the true source of all power, and he sets off on an extended royal visi...Read more
February 23, 1983 • 50m
The youngest and most notorious of the Cleopatras, now 18, becomes joint ruler with her brother Ptolemy. Civil war breaks out. It ...Read more
March 2, 1982 • 50m
Cleopatra gives birth to Julius Caesar's son and takes him to republican Rome to persuade Caesar to declare himself King - with her son as heir.
March 9, 1982 • 50m
Mark Anthony's insatiable passion for Cleopatra saps his military judgement.