Beyond the excitement of Angelina Jolie being cast to portray Cleopatra, famously known as the "Last Pharaoh of Egypt," anticipation builds around this timeless ...

And it is certain that Octavian became Emperor Augustus three years later, after ensuring the death of Caesarion, who could have been his rival as the son of Caesar and Cleopatra.

I have only a few quibbles: for example, Caesarion was not the name that Cleopatra gave to her son by Caesar, but a nickname conferred by the Alexandrian populace.

Cleopatra and Caesar’s son was nicknamed Caesarion, meaning “little Caesar”, although he is also known as Ptolemy Caesar or Ptolemy XV. Caesarion’s existence was a bit of a problem. Caesar probably ...

In 46 BC, Cleopatra then came to Italy to stay as a guest of Caesar – she also brought her infant son, Caesarion, along. Some said that Caesar was the father of Caesarion, who was the last pharaoh of ...