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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

If her tomb is found, it will be interesting to see if there are any other family members with her...like her son Caesarion. I hadn’t realized until researching him today that he was a teenager when he was killed by Octavian. For some reason I thought he was a small child. I guess I got that misinterpretation from the movie with Burton and Taylor.


15 posted on 05/25/2008 2:04:40 PM PDT by mass55th
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To: mass55th
I guess I got that misinterpretation from the movie with Burton and Taylor.

That was also the impression given by the HBO series "Rome", which portrayed Ptolemy XV "Caesarion" as a young boy at the time of Cleopatra's death - and the bastard of a Roman soldier, to boot. Since he could have been considered a threat to Octavian's claim as Caesar's heir, I'd guess he was not given a spot in his mother's tomb.
16 posted on 05/25/2008 2:09:15 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: mass55th

The murder of Ceasarion was the crime of the century.


17 posted on 05/25/2008 2:19:32 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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