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Julius Caesar on meeting Cleopatra for the first time:

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Caesar restores Cleopatra to the throne:

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Cleopatra gives birth to Ptolemy Caesar:

Close enough. Ptolemy was around 17 when he died.

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Caesar refuses to name Ptolemy as his heir:

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