The Rise of Cleopatra
The Ancients
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Caesar and Cleopatra: A History of Alexandria
48 BC she was once again co-ruling Egypt alongside the young Ptolemy the 13th but this volatile arrangement soon came crashing down. Caesar stipulates that Cleopatra the 7th should rule alongside PtoleMY the 13th as they had done before and try and maintain that status quo. The people of Alexandria start to arm their slaves and everyone gets really worried because it becomes apparent that this isn't going to happen. When Cleopatra re-enters civil war erupts so the first kind of major conflict between Caesar and Cleopatra is in Alexandria itself.
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