Thasnks Heraklia; I am afraid i may repeat myself. Personally I LOVED the Egyptian episode and was totally enamoured of the odious little jerk Ptolemy and those creeps Achillas and Theodotus.I dont usppose Cleopatra was at all like that-- for one things she had been queen for around 3 years. I though the worst episode was the one built up around Pharsalus. Instead of typing out again views which will appear in AMPHORA and be uttered at the Outreach session of the meeting in San Diego in January can I ask YOU and your group each to mention ONE thing they found phoney about atht particular episode? I though it was the low ebb of invention.