Alexandrian War
48 BCE–47 BCE · Event
Pursuing Pompey to Egypt, Caesar takes Cleopatra's side in the Ptolemaic civil war and is besieged in Alexandria until relief arrives; Ptolemy XIII drowns in the Nile.
On these timelines: Ancient Egypt, Roman History, Master, Fall of the Roman Republic
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