Cleopatra

Overview

Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor.

Seasons

Miniseries

2 episodes

Cast

Leonor Varela

Cleopatra

Billy Zane

Marc Antony

Timothy Dalton

Julius Caesar

Rupert Graves

Octavian

John Bowe

Rufio

Owen Teale

Grattius

Sean Pertwee

Marcus Brutus

David Schofield

Casca

Ralph Brown

Guevarius

James Cosmo

Agrippa