Who is Caesarion from The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A Novel and what is their importance? The_Memoirs_of_Cleopatra English & Literature Caesarion | The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A Novel

The son of Caesar and Cleopatra. Caesarion's Roman heritage is not recognized by the Romans and Cleopatra fights to make certain that he will inherit power and prestige from his father. This power eventually costs Caesarion his life. When Octavian marches into Alexandria, he realizes that Caesarion could theoretically be a threat to his own power in Rome and orders Caesarion's death.