Meanwhile, Cleopatra’s eldest son, Caesarion, was believed to have been fathered by the recently assassinated Julius Caesar. Antony’s unabashed support of and dedication to Cleopatra led to a ...

Cleopatra was a daughter of Egypt – part of the Macedonian-Greek-Ptolemaic Dynasty that had ruled since the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Queen of Egypt, Cyrene and Cyprus, she was renowned ...

but Cleopatra wished to name her three-year-old son, Ptolemy XV Caesar (Caesarion), as her co-ruler. England’s King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine had four sons who lived to adulthood ...

He then formally ceded several Roman territories to Cleopatra and their young children. He also declared Cleopatra’s eldest son Caesarion, who was thought to have been fathered by Julius Caesar, the ...

The details of Caesarion’s death are sketchy ... Murdering the 17-year-old son of Cleopatra would have removed this threat.

With respect to the major plotline, the movie is fairly accurate. Cleopatra VII [c. 69 BCE - 30 BCE] did have a son, Ptolemy Caesar (nicknamed Caesarion), presumably with Julius Caesar in 47 BCE.

A significant archaeological find has been made in the ancient Egyptian city of Taposiris Magna, which could finally see the discovery of Cleopatra VII’s long-lost tomb. A tunnel, partially ...