pothinus had been the disgustingly fat regent to cleopatra 's late little brother , ptolemy.when pothinus tried to overthrow cleopatra from the throne , little ptolemy had ended up dead and eventually julius caesar had the eunuch beheaded.it was n't pretty.the fat idiot was ugly enough in one piece.his head on a stake outside of the city was even more gruesome.that had been two years ago.so why was tehran here now ?