Julius Caesar in Egypt: Cleopatra and the War

Julius Caesar in Egypt: Cleopatra and the War in Alexandria by Philip Matyszak, Philip Matyszak

• Julius Caesar in Egypt: Cleopatra and the War in Alexandria
• Philip Matyszak, Philip Matyszak
• Page: 192
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9781399097376
• Publisher: Pen and Sword

Julius Caesar in Egypt: Cleopatra and the War in Alexandria

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Overview

In 48 BC the armies of Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great fought a decisive battle at Pharsalus in Greece. Pompey was comprehensively defeated and fled to the last power in the Mediterranean world that was independent of Rome, Ptolemaic Egypt. Caesar pursued Pompey and was presented with his severed head, which the Egyptians hoped would make Caesar leave them in peace. Instead, Caesar – as if he did not have enough to do already – plunged gleefully into the world of Egyptian palace politics, riven by dynastic dispute. He quickly sided with the beguiling Queen Cleopatra (after her famous carpet trick), despite having little more than a bodyguard with him. Most of his army was still in Greece, leaving him massively outnumbered by the Egyptian forces. The Romans were besieged in Alexandria for seven months before reinforcements could get through to them. Julius Caesar in Egypt is a true story of double-cross, assassination and intrigue accompanied by lively battles, daring escapes, disastrous fires (the Great Library of Alexandria was largely destroyed in one fracas) and, if not a love story, at least a tale of sex and power as Caesar and Cleopatra’s relationship shaped these world-changing events.

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