Some thoughts -
Mark Antony catches wind of the assassination plot the night before it is due to occur from Servilius Casca. He moves to intercept Caesar before his arrival at the Senate and, although the plotters anticipate this, and send Trebonius to stop Antony reaching Caesar, this attempt is not successful. Antony reaches Caesar, the assassination attempt is averted and Servilius Casca has revealed himself as a participant in the events - both to the plotters and to Caesar/Antony. Both factions want to see him dead - he's the most hated person in the Republic at that point and flees Europe, at the same time as, but seperately to the ringleaders Brutus and Longinus.
Caesarion is only 3 at the time of the attempt on the life of his father - and Caesar himself is 55. Considering the ages of his parents and those of the Triumvirate, when they died, the longest he could expect to live would be another ten to fifteen years. The oldest we could expect to see Caesarion be were Caesar allowed to die of natural causes would be roughly 18. And that's not taking into account any subsequent assassination attempts that might occur or anything that might arise on campaign.
Caesar would probably try to capitalise on the fact that there had been an attempt on his life by the Senate by galvanising his support-base, the middle and working classes of Roman society. Many of the plotters - and some who are only suspected to have been part of the attempt - have unfortunate accidents, and the Senate is replenished with vocal Caesar fans, meaning that Caesar gets his way more than he did before, and this time there doesn't even need to be blackmail, threats of violence or actual violence to get it.
Caesar wants Caesarion to be his heir - and to the surprise of many - names him as such in his will. Shortly before Caesar dies, so too does Cleopatra and with the accession of Caesarion to the throne of Egypt, the Ptolemaic Kingdom effectively crumbles and becomes part of the Roman Empire with Caesarion as Pharoah in name only for the final few months before Caesar dies.
Mark Antony catches wind of the assassination plot the night before it is due to occur from Servilius Casca. He moves to intercept Caesar before his arrival at the Senate and, although the plotters anticipate this, and send Trebonius to stop Antony reaching Caesar, this attempt is not successful. Antony reaches Caesar, the assassination attempt is averted and Servilius Casca has revealed himself as a participant in the events - both to the plotters and to Caesar/Antony. Both factions want to see him dead - he's the most hated person in the Republic at that point and flees Europe, at the same time as, but seperately to the ringleaders Brutus and Longinus.
Caesarion is only 3 at the time of the attempt on the life of his father - and Caesar himself is 55. Considering the ages of his parents and those of the Triumvirate, when they died, the longest he could expect to live would be another ten to fifteen years. The oldest we could expect to see Caesarion be were Caesar allowed to die of natural causes would be roughly 18. And that's not taking into account any subsequent assassination attempts that might occur or anything that might arise on campaign.
Caesar would probably try to capitalise on the fact that there had been an attempt on his life by the Senate by galvanising his support-base, the middle and working classes of Roman society. Many of the plotters - and some who are only suspected to have been part of the attempt - have unfortunate accidents, and the Senate is replenished with vocal Caesar fans, meaning that Caesar gets his way more than he did before, and this time there doesn't even need to be blackmail, threats of violence or actual violence to get it.
Caesar wants Caesarion to be his heir - and to the surprise of many - names him as such in his will. Shortly before Caesar dies, so too does Cleopatra and with the accession of Caesarion to the throne of Egypt, the Ptolemaic Kingdom effectively crumbles and becomes part of the Roman Empire with Caesarion as Pharoah in name only for the final few months before Caesar dies.