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What happened to Caesarion after Cleopatra VII's death?

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Stone relief carving of Queen Cleopatra in profile holding a scepter and ankh, with hieroglyphic inscriptions, on the wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
Cleopatra Cleopatra, carving from the temple of Horus at Idfū, Egypt.

Following the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BCE, her son Caesarion—the son of Julius Caesar—met a tragic end.

After the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, Cleopatra attempted to protect her son by sending him to Berenice, a seaport on the Red Sea coast. However, Octavian (later the emperor Augustus) lured the 17-year-old king back to Alexandria, where he was executed. The elimination of Caesarion was a calculated political move by Octavian to remove any potential rival claimant to Caesar's legacy.12