Caesarion. Lest her subjects resent her Roman overtures, Cleopatra embraced Egypt's traditions. She is said to have been the first Ptolemaic pharaoh to bother to learn the Egyptian language.

Cleopatra followed, bringing along her young son Ptolemy XV Caesar, also called Caesarion, whom she claimed was the son of Julius Caesar. Romans did not know what to make of her. They were ...

Cleopatra had a romantic and political alliance with Julius Caesar. In 47 BCE, she gave birth to their son, Ptolemy XV Caesarion, often referred to as Caesarion. ・Her presence in Rome alongside ...

After conquering Egypt, Greek and Macedonian military leaders took power and made Alexandria a center of commerce and ...

Meanwhile, Cleopatra’s eldest son, Caesarion, was believed to have been fathered by the recently assassinated Julius Caesar.