Ptolemy VIII, known as Pot Belly, takes control. A vengeful mother has the support of the mob - and persuades Rome she can be just as good a friend as Potbelly. In revenge Pot Belly sends a very special present.
Greek Pharoah Pot Belly shows himself to be one of the few men to better the Cleopatras of his family.
Pharoah Pot Belly changes the succession.
Berenice III plots to get rid of her drunken husband.
Fluter (Ptolemy XII Auletes) observes that Rome is the true source of all power.
Cleopatra VII, the most famous of the line, becomes joint ruler at the age of 18.
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.
Mark Anthony's insatiable passion for Cleopatra saps his military judgement.