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    The Battle of the Nile in early 47 BC saw the combined Roman–Egyptian armies of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII defeat those of the rival Queen Arsinoe...
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    The Battle of Zela was fought in 47 BC between Julius Caesar and Pharnaces II of the Kingdom of Pontus. The battle took place near Zela (modern Zile),...
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  • a victory by Rameses III around 1175 BC Battle of the Nile (47 BC), a victory by Caesar and Cleopatra Battle of Abukir (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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  • Year 47 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Calenius and Vatinius (or, less frequently...
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    Around this time, the burning of the Library of Alexandria occurred. Upon the arrival of Roman reinforcements, the Battle of the Nile (47 BC) ensued and resulted...
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    after the Battle of the Nile (47 BC) 47 BC: year of six kings in Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka 46 BC: Julius Caesar takes control of Africa at the Battle of Thapsus...
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    Syria. After a battle contesting those forces' crossing of the Nile delta, Ptolemy XIII and Arsinoe's forces were defeated. After the Battle of Pharsalus,...
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    Battle of the Delta Battle of Djahy Battle of Kadesh Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) Battle of the Nile (47 BC) Battle of Pelusium Battle of Perire...
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    defeated the Ptolemaic forces in 47 BC in the Battle of the Nile and installed Cleopatra as ruler. Caesar and Cleopatra celebrated their victory of the Alexandrine...
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    assassination in 44 BC, but the underlying cause was a long-brewing conflict between the so-called Optimates and the so-called Populares. The battle, involving...
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  • pharaoh Cleopatra to the throne and defeating her younger brother Ptolemy XIII in the Battle of the Nile. By 47 BC, Octavius returned to the region with another...
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    pioneer of landscape art and a founding member of the Danube school. The painting portrays the 333 BC Battle of Issus, in which Alexander the Great secured...
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    XIII from 48 BC47 BC, she was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt. Arsinoë IV was also the half sister of Cleopatra VII...
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    The naval Battle of Salamis in 306 BC took place off Salamis, Cyprus between the fleets of Ptolemy I of Egypt and Antigonus I Monophthalmus, two of the...
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    at the end of 55 BC and following his death in battle in 53 BC, the alliance started to fracture more cleanly. With the death of Crassus, and that of Julia...
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    Pelousion in the eastern Nile Delta. In Greece, Caesar and Pompey's forces engaged each other at the decisive Battle of Pharsalus on 9 August 48 BC, leading...
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  • The history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30...
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  • BC, 9 August – Battle of Pharsalus – Caesar decisively defeats Pompey, who flees to Egypt 47 BC, February – Battle of the Nile – Caesar defeats the forces...
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    official 47 BC Pharnaces II of Pontus, king of the Bosporan Kingdom (b. c. 97 BC) Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, king of Egypt (drowned in the Nile) Alexander...
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  • king of the Goths, according to Jordanes's Getica (5.47). The 19th-century scholar Alfred von Gutschmid assigned his reign to 1323 BC – 1290 BC. According...
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    The Sicilian Expedition was an Athenian military expedition to Sicily, which took place from 415–413 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens on...
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    Cleopatra. Reinforcements lifted the siege in early 47 BC, and Ptolemy XIII died shortly afterwards in the Battle of the Nile. Arsinoe IV (Cleopatra's younger...
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    the Second Triumvirate. The Triumvirs defeated Caesar's killers, the Liberatores, at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, and divided the government of the...
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    Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War. The battle took place on the north shore of Lake Trasimene, to the south of Cortona, and resulted...
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    The Battle of Salamis (/ˈsæləmɪs/ sal-ə-MISS) was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the...
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    army. In the summer of 47 BC, having married her younger brother Ptolemy XIV, Cleopatra embarked with Caesar for a two-month trip along the Nile. Together...
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  • Alexandrian war (category 40s BC conflicts)
    client state were Caesar's forces relieved. In the aftermath of Caesar's victory at the Battle of the Nile and Ptolemy XIII's death, Caesar installed his...
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    until March 47 BC. Reinforced by eastern client allies under Mithridates of Pergamum, he then defeated Ptolemy at the Battle of the Nile and installed...
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  • The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but...
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  • Serpent of the Nile is a 1953 American Technicolor historical adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by William Castle. The film starred Rhonda...
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