In any case, even in his time, it was believed that Caesarion was his son, conceived during the encounter that Caesar had with Cleopatra during the Siege of Alexandria, in the context of the ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 ... Without a son of his own, he needed an heir. Caesar quickly adopted his great nephew, Augustus.

In 42 BC, the senate deified “Julius Caesar” and determined that he would always be referred to as the “Divine Julius!” So as a result, Gaius Octavius, the adopted “son” of the divine ...