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Caesar takes Cleopatra's side in Egypt

48–47 BCE, Alexandria. An event.

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48–47 BCEAlexandria

about 2,073 years ago

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Following Pompey to Egypt, Caesar finds him already killed. He backs Cleopatra against her brother, fights a war in Alexandria and makes her queen.

she stretched herself at full length inside a bed-sack

Plutarch, Life of Caesar 49.1Translated by Bernadotte Perrin (1919)Read the full passage (Plutarch, Life of Caesar 49.1, opens scaife.perseus.org)

Background: Alexandrian war, Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)

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