What is Caesarion?
{{Infobox pharaoh | name = Caesarion | image = Denderah3 Cleopatra Cesarion.jpg | role = King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom | reign = 2 September 44&nbsp;BC – late August 30&nbsp;BC with [[Cleopatra VII]] (until 12 August 30&nbsp;BC) | predecessor = [[Cleopatra VII]] | dynasty = [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] | father = [[Julius Caesar]] | mother = [[Cleopatra VII]] | birth_date = 23 June 47&nbsp;BC | birth_place = [[Alexandria]] | death_date = around August 30&nbsp;BC (aged 17) | death_place = [[Alexandria]], Roman Egypt |Successor=''Position ended''{{efn|The Ptolemaic Kingdom was ended by the Roman Empire in 30 BC and the pharaoh position stopped. However, because of the pharaoh important in Ancient Egyptian religion, the Egyptians made [[Augustus]] and all [[Roman emperor]]s as pharaohs so that the pharaoh position remains}} |Caption=Caesarion and his mother at a wall painting in Temple of Edfu}} '''Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar''' also simply known as '''Caesarion''' (June 23, 47 BC – August, 30 BC) was the son of [[Cleopatra VII]]. He ruled [[Egypt]] as a child with his mother Cleopatra until 30 BC. He was [[murder]]ed by Octavian, who would later become the Roman emperor Augustus. Caesarion is probably the son of [[Julius Caesar]]. If so, he is the only known son of Caesar. Caesarion was the last king ([[pharaoh]]) of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] of Egypt. == Early Life == [[File:Limestone stela of a high priest of god Ptah. It bears the cartouches of Cleopatra and Caesarion. From Egypt. Ptolemaic Period. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London.jpg|thumb|A stela of a high priest of [[Ptah]] that has the name of Caesarion and his mother [[Cleopatra VII]].]] Caesarion was born in [[Egypt]] on 23 June 47 BC. His mother, [[Cleopatra VII|Cleopatra]], said that he was the son of Roman leader [[Julius Caesar]]. Even though he looked and acted like Caesar,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sergeant |first=Philip |url=https://archive.org/details/cleopatraofegypt0