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47 BC
 
   
Ptolemy XIII is either killed or accidentally drowns while attempting to escape across the Nile      
47 BC
 
    
Cleopatra acquires a new co-ruler and husband in the form of another young brother, now Ptolemy XIV       
47 BC
 
   
Julius Caesar leaves Alexandria to travel with his army by the land route back to Italy, through Turkey      
47 BC
 
     
Cleopatra gives birth to a son and calls him Ptolemy XV Caesar (later known by the nickname Caesarion)        
47 BC
 
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Julius Caesar concludes a campaign in Asia Minor so speedily that he declares, succinctly, Veni, vidi, vici ('I came, I saw, I conquered')        
c. 46 BC
 
     
Cleopatra travels to Rome with Caesarion, whom Caesar now officially recognizes as his son        
44 BC
 
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On March 15, the Ides of March, Julius Caesar is stabbed to death during a meeting of the senate       
Damaged head of Julius Caesar, c.50 AD
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44 BC
 
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Octavian, an 18-year-old student in Apollonia, hears that he has been named by his uncle, Julius Caesar, as his successor and heir       
44 BC
 
     
Soon after the assassination of Caesar, Cleopatra and Caesarion return to Egypt        
44 BC
 
    
Cleopatra appoints Caesarion, now aged three, her co-ruler and heir