Cleopatra (1999)

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.

First aired

1999-05-23

Genres

Drama, War & Politics

Seasons

1 (2 episodes)

Status

Ended

Created by

Stephen Harrigan, Anton Diether

Directed / written by

Franc Roddam, Stephen Harrigan

TMDB rating

6.6/10 from 192 votes