![]() ![]() ![]() The defeat of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra left Octavian as the supreme ruler of Rome, and the most powerful person in the civilized world. Octavian took pity on the children of Marc Anthony and turned them over to his sister Octavia, to be raised in her household. ![]() Their older brother Caesarian, said to be Cleopatra’s son by Julius Caesar, was executed at the order of Octavian. and brought to Rome in chains to march in Octavian’s triumph. Cleopatra Selene may have been the only one of Cleopatra’s four children to survive into adulthood.īorn along with a twin brother, Alexander Helios in 40 B.C., she and her twin, along with their younger brother Ptolemy Philadelphus were captured by Caesar Octavian after the battle of Actium in 30 B.C. Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray is an intriguing look at one of history’s most enigmatic characters, Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Cleopatra VII Philopator of Egypt and Marc Anthony. ![]()
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