Someone has to kill Cleopatra's son, who was secretly fathered by Pullo.
He sticks around.
Cleopatra VII
Daughter of Ptolemy XII (r.51-30) ruled together with her younger brother Ptolemy XIII for three until they had a falling out which developed into a civil war. The Roman general Pompey, pursued by Julius Caesar, came to Egypt in 48 BCE and was murdered by Ptolemy's courtiers in the hopes of winning Caesar's favor.
Julius Caesar sided with Cleopatra and defeated Ptolemy. Caesar fell in love with Cleopatra and had a son Caesarion and they returned to Rome. After Caesar's murder in 44 she returned to Egypt, had her husband Ptolemy XIV murdered and tried to keep neutral in the Roman civil war that followed Caesar's death.
In the end she took the side of Mark Antony at Tarsus and became his mistress. He followed her to Egypt and married her, divorcing Octavian's sister in the process. In 34 Caesarion became co-ruler in an attempt to gain popularity, while Octavian's propaganda described them as rowdy and decadent pleasure seekers. At the sea battle of Actium the Egyptian navy was decisively defeated and Antony and Cleopatra fled to Alexandria. Almost a year later, Octavian conquered Alexandria, Mark Antony committed suicide and Cleopatra, when she failed to come to an agreement with the Romans, did likewise (30 BCE). Cleopatra's son, Caesarion ( Ptolemy XV ), was murdered, and Egypt became an exploited, though prosperous Roman province.
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