Caesarion was Julius Caesar by Cleopatra. Caesar recommended his great great nephew Augustus to be the next leader of Rome. Both were very close with each other. But Augustus hunted down Caesarion after Cleopatra committed suicide. He killed Caesarion because he could be a rival.
But how could he do that? That's his nephew.
2006-12-11 16:33:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
His name was Octavian Augustus, but known only as Augustus after the assassination. However to kill the heir to the throne of Rome of course. It was Octavians fear because he knew that Cleopatra would find a way to kill him and her son would rule. Caesarian had no claim to Rome unless Octavian was dead. And since Octavian and his Senate friends killed Julius (although Octavian sat back and was never implicated because he did not take part in the stabbing but he instigated it through Cicero et al.) If Caesarian had lived he would have become the Pharoah of Egypt that was his only rightful claim, and if Octavian was dead? So he was a huge threat, for he would have bridged the gap between Rome and Egypt being of both tribes. Even though Octavian was given the torch to become the next Caesar, in Caesar's will to succeed him legally upon his death the people would have embraced Caesarian, but Octavian quickly took that position of Caesar, he still knew if Cleopatra and her son survived and Marc Anthony they would over throw eventually his rulership on Rome. So Octavian instigated the war by making Marc Anthony marry Octavia, Octavians sister and giving him lands to govern away from Cleopatra. Cleopatra was in love with Marc Anthony and he was with her as well, but she was the stronger of the two and yet they lost the war and she lost her son and her life as well as her husband Marc Anthony.
2006-12-11 18:08:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Julius Caesar Son
2016-12-17 04:16:00 · answer #2 · answered by janta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess that it would be Augustus trying to secure his throne from Caesarion even though Caesarion is a nobody whom only 1% of America's population has heard his name before. Other than securing the throne, it could be for the fame and money.
2006-12-11 16:43:52 · answer #3 · answered by Juni Mccoy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Augustus' relationship to Juilius Caesar is somewhat confused. August was a nephew on Ceasar's wife's side but Caesar adopted him which made him a son but through some quirk in Roman law, he was his stepson. This meant he was not in direct linage to the throne and Caesarion was.
2006-12-11 16:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ancient History is full of episodes where sons kill their fathers. Even in mythology we can find such stories: Zeus, the main Greek God, killed his father. And the middle East empires (Assyria, Syria, Babylon, Persians) is a never ending list of murders inside the same family, in order to obtain the throne.
Caesarion might have been his nephew, but the throne was more important for him then any blood connections.
2006-12-11 16:41:23 · answer #5 · answered by Paulo R 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's nothing (not that I condone it)
Look at the Turkish Sultans where it's a tradition for them to kill off their brothers & any other potential rivals to the throne, usually by strangulation.
Cixi, the Empress dowager of China killed her fellow concubine & killed her nephew Emperor who wanted to reform China. She had given instructions for him to be poisoned the day after she dies.
2006-12-11 21:41:13 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Augustus was attempting to secure his throne from Caeserion and he was attempting to forestall any challenge built out of Egypt to Roman dominance of the meditereanean.
http://gracchii.blogspot.com
2006-12-11 17:58:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Caesarion
2016-09-28 05:46:22 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check his bank account ull see why.
2006-12-11 16:35:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋