... she was said to have been her fathers favorite. The Ptolemy family was not originally from Egypt, but from Macedonia. In 323 BC upon the death of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy I a trusted general of Alexander became King. Over the course of the next two hundred and sixty-five years a succession of Ptolemy's would rule Egypt. Some were good leaders, while others murdered ... in Ptolemy's army, led be the general Achillas. Even though Caesar was out numbered, he managed to win this battle. When Achillas tried to seize his seventy two ships at Alexander's harbor to cut of his supplies and r...

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... to bail him out. Next, Caesar got an administrative position in Spain. He spent a while in Spain and was fascinated by the culture in Spain. He once stared a statue of Alexander the Great and started to weep saying that Alexander had died as old as Caesar was at the time Caesar continued on about how he had not accomplished anything compared to ... Alexander the Great. When Caesar returned to Rome he was elected aedile, or people who supervised civic affairs, such as water supply, roads, the public games, and the repair of buildings. ... ...

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... was the inheritor of the Greek Macedonian, Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt. The founder of this glorious dynasty was Ptolemy Sooter or the 'savior', one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs and allegedly Alexander's (the Great) half brother. The Ptolemaic dynasties were known for their interbreeding practices which began with Ptolemy Sooter who married Bernice I, a royal Seleucid from Cyprus. Cleopatra VII was the grandchild ... to his declaration of war on Cleopatra. The expansion must have worried the Romans as Cleopatra and her children now ruled basically the same size empire as her successful an...

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