The Rise of Cleopatra
The Ancients
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The Battle of Farcellus
By August 48 BC Rome was in a state of turmoil, of civil war but by this time Julius Caesar was winning the Roman civil war against Pompey having recently defeated his great rival at the climactic battle of farcellus. Pompey however survived the battle and vowed to fight on intent on reviving his fortunes in Egypt. It was a decision that would greatly affect both Ptolemy the 13th and Cleopatra. They then send allegedly the head of Pompey and his signet ring to Julius Caesar who has landed not a Pelusium but also on the Mediterranean coast in Egypt in Alexandria.
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