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  • Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC
    Cleopatra

    Caesar's term as consul has expired

    Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC

    Caesar's term as consul has expired at the end of 48 BC.




  • Port Said, Egypt
    Monday Sep 28, 48 BC
    Cleopatra

    Pompey's death

    Port Said, Egypt
    Monday Sep 28, 48 BC

    In a scheme devised by Theodotos, Pompey arrived by ship near Pelousion after being invited by written message, only to be ambushed and stabbed to death on 28 September 48 BC.




  • Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC
    Ptolemaic Kingdom

    Julius Caesar left Rome for Alexandria

    Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC

    Julius Caesar left Rome for Alexandria in 48 BC in order to quell the looming civil war, as the war in Egypt, which was one of Rome's greatest suppliers of grain and other expensive goods, would have had a detrimental effect on trade with Rome, especially on Rome's working-class citizens.




  • Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC
    Library of Alexandria

    Julius Caesar was besieged at Alexandria

    Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC

    In 48 BC, during Caesar's Civil War, Julius Caesar was besieged at Alexandria. His soldiers set fire to some of the Egyptian ships docked in the Alexandrian port while trying to clear the wharves to block the fleet belonging to Cleopatra's brother Ptolemy XIV. This fire purportedly spread to the parts of the city nearest to the docks, causing considerable devastation.




  • Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC
    Cleopatra

    Caesar's term as consul has expired

    Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC

    Caesar's term as consul has expired at the end of 48 BC.




  • Port Said, Egypt
    Monday Sep 28, 48 BC
    Cleopatra

    Pompey's death

    Port Said, Egypt
    Monday Sep 28, 48 BC

    In a scheme devised by Theodotos, Pompey arrived by ship near Pelousion after being invited by written message, only to be ambushed and stabbed to death on 28 September 48 BC.




  • Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC
    Ptolemaic Kingdom

    Julius Caesar left Rome for Alexandria

    Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC

    Julius Caesar left Rome for Alexandria in 48 BC in order to quell the looming civil war, as the war in Egypt, which was one of Rome's greatest suppliers of grain and other expensive goods, would have had a detrimental effect on trade with Rome, especially on Rome's working-class citizens.


  • Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC
    Library of Alexandria

    Julius Caesar was besieged at Alexandria

    Alexandria, Egypt
    48 BC

    In 48 BC, during Caesar's Civil War, Julius Caesar was besieged at Alexandria. His soldiers set fire to some of the Egyptian ships docked in the Alexandrian port while trying to clear the wharves to block the fleet belonging to Cleopatra's brother Ptolemy XIV. This fire purportedly spread to the parts of the city nearest to the docks, causing considerable devastation.


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