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[[Bayek]] and [[Aya]]|forces2 = Ptolemaic forces<br>||next = [[Battle of the Nile]]|image = Siege of Alexandria.png}}The '''Siege of Alexandria '''(47 BCE) was a series of skirmishes and battles involving the armies of [[Julius Caesar]] and his recent lover [[Cleopatra]] against the Ptolemaic forces of her [[Ptolemy XIII|brother]] (backed by the Order of the Ancients). | [[Bayek]] and [[Aya]]|forces2 = Ptolemaic forces<br>||next = [[Battle of the Nile]]|image = Siege of Alexandria.png}}The '''Siege of Alexandria '''(47 BCE) was a series of skirmishes and battles involving the armies of [[Julius Caesar]] and his recent lover [[Cleopatra]] against the Ptolemaic forces of her [[Ptolemy XIII|brother]] (backed by the Order of the Ancients). | ||
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== Prelude == | |||
After [[Pompey|Pompey's]] armies were defeated by Caesar's forces in their own civil war, his armies were scattered or surrendered to Caesar. Pompey, however, escaped death. While at sea off the Aegean Coast his ship was boarded by [[Aya|Aya of Alexandria]] to discuss an alliance with Cleopatra, after agreeing he sailed straight for Egypt. He was later killed upon landing in Egypt by [[Lucius Septimius]], a former soldier in his army. The assassination was proposed by the eunuch [[Pothinus]], advisor to the pharaoh [[Ptolemy XIII]] who deemed that Caesar would be pleased by the removal of his adversary.{{ACO}}[[Category:Timeline]] | |||
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Revision as of 02:46, 16 November 2017
The Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE) was a series of skirmishes and battles involving the armies of Julius Caesar and his recent lover Cleopatra against the Ptolemaic forces of her brother (backed by the Order of the Ancients).
Prelude
After Pompey's armies were defeated by Caesar's forces in their own civil war, his armies were scattered or surrendered to Caesar. Pompey, however, escaped death. While at sea off the Aegean Coast his ship was boarded by Aya of Alexandria to discuss an alliance with Cleopatra, after agreeing he sailed straight for Egypt. He was later killed upon landing in Egypt by Lucius Septimius, a former soldier in his army. The assassination was proposed by the eunuch Pothinus, advisor to the pharaoh Ptolemy XIII who deemed that Caesar would be pleased by the removal of his adversary.