Ptolemy XIII, between 48 and 47 BC. During this time Caesar was engaged in a civil war against remaining Republican forces. The siege was lifted by relief forces...

Egypt: Siege of Alexandria (169 BC), during the Syrian Wars Siege of Alexandria (47 BC), during Caesar's Civil War Battle of Alexandria (30 BC), fought...

For her role in conducting the siege of Alexandria (47 BC) against her sister Cleopatra, Arsinoë was taken as a prisoner of war to Rome by the Roman triumvir...

Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger...

an attempt to please Caesar. From September 48 BC until January 47 BC, Caesar was besieged in Alexandria, Egypt with about 4,000 men. He was attempting...

Battle of Alexandria Siege of Alexandria (47 BC) – fought between Roman forces. Battle of Alexandria (30 BC) – fought between Roman forces . Siege of Alexandria...

leading Hellenistic centre of learning (Library of Alexandria, which faced destruction during Caesar's siege of Alexandria in 47 BC), but were careful to maintain...

history of Alexandria dates back to the city's founding, by Alexander the Great, in 331 BC. Yet, before that, there were some big port cities just east of Alexandria...

48 BC inside Alexandria itself (Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)), which suffered serious damage.[better source needed] Around this time, the burning of the...

follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC) Siege of Avaris...

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...

army of Arsinoe IV. The resulting siege of the palace, with Caesar and Cleopatra trapped together inside, lasted into the following year of 47 BC. Sometime...

BC – Caesareum built. 48 BC – Julius Caesar conquers Alexandria. 48 BC – Great Royal Library of Alexandria burned. 47 BC – Siege of Alexandria. 47 BC...

BC speaks of a certain Onesander of Paphos being appointed to the Library. There are reports that, during the Siege of Alexandria in 47 BC, parts of the...

Achillas (Greek: Ἀχιλλᾶς; died 47 BC) was one of the guardians of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, and commander of the king's troops, when Pompey...

taken after a 30-day siege. The country is not definitely subdued, however, until 9 BC. Sextus Pompeius defeats the governor of Asia, Gaius Furnius, with...

legions XVII, XVIII and XIX to conduct the siege. Decimus Brutus – victor over the Veneti (see 56 BC) – is in charge of the fleet to blockade the harbor. June...

century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation...

any event, Caesar withstood the Siege of Alexandria and latter he defeated the Ptolemaic forces in 47 BC in the Battle of the Nile and installed Cleopatra...

list of known riots. 205–186 – BC The great revolt of Egypt against Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 48 BC – 47 BC – Riots during the Siege of Alexandria (47 BC) in...

considerable number of scorpions were found inside. 146 BC. During the Third Punic War, at the end of the siege of Carthage, Appian of Alexandria reports that...

Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Roman battles Sherman Storytelling:...

largest siege engines on fire. In the meantime, in response to his brother's appeals, Ptolemy himself had sailed from Alexandria at the head of his fleet...

Siamun (son of Ahmose I) Siamun (son of Thutmose III) Siaspiqa Siatum Side, Turkey Sidelock of youth Siege of Alexandria (47 BC) Siege of Dapur Siese...

The siege of Rhodes took place in 88 BC between the people of Rhodes (allies of Roman) and Mithridates VI of Pontus' army. The Rhodian forces were led...

spent the winter of 41 BC together in Alexandria. Cleopatra bore Antony twin children, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene II, in 40 BC, and a third, Ptolemy...

but during the battle part of the Library of Alexandria catches fire. Yuan becomes emperor of the Han Dynasty (until 33 BC). Lady Ban, Chinese concubine...

priests of Ptah at Memphis but resided in the multicultural and largely-Greek city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great of Macedon in 331 BC. They...

(Greek: Ποθεινός; early 1st century BC – 48 or 47 BC), a eunuch, was regent for Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. He is most...

Caesar, the supporter of Cleopatra, during Caesar's Civil War up to the siege of Alexandria (48–47 BC) in violent battles. In 58 BC, Pharaoh Ptolemy XII...