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Cleopatra
You're Dead to Me
The Roman Civil War: A History of Pompey
Pompeius Magnus, if we will, is his full name as well. Pompey arrived in Egypt because he'd been beaten by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Phasalus. The Egyptians had been taking bribes from Rome to protect their particular status. And so it doesn't work very well for Pompey then to be seeking help from them. He gets his head chopped off by allies of Ptolemy XIII,. Because they think this will work very well with Julius Caesar. They just chop his head off and send it to Caesar in a basket. What a lovely hamper. Tanya: How do you think Julius Caesar takes this? Do you think he's happy? Of
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