Caesar arrived in Alexandria. with thirty-two hundred legionaries and eight hundred cavalry. Cleopatra had no intentions of being left out of any deals that were going to be made. She had herself smuggled in through enemy lines rolled in a carpet. She was delivered to Caesar.

Cleopatra and Caesar became lovers, Ptolemy was displaced. Cleopatra was her brilliance and devoted to her country. She was a quick-witted woman who was fluent in nine languages, however, Latin was not one of them. Caesar had planned to make Cleopatra the sole ruler of Alexandria. He thought she would be a puppet for Rome.

The Alexandrian War started when Pothinus XIII's soldiers surrounded Caesar in Alexandria with twenty thousand men. Ptolemy XIII died while trying to flee.

Because of his death, Cleopatra was now the sole ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra became pregnant. For Ceasar to have a son to carry the throne was very appealing to him.

Caesar and Cleopatra took a trip up the Nile for about two months. Cleopatra was worshipped as a Pharaoh. Their son, Caesarion (Ptolemy Caesar) who was born on June 23, 47 BC.

Caesar returned to Rome, was given many honors and he brought Cleopatra over.

Conservative Republicans were offended when he put Cleopatra in his home, and he was planning to marry Cleopatra regardless of the laws against bigamy and marriages to foreigners. Caesar also openly claimed Caesarion as his son.

On the Ides of March of 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated in a conspiracy by his Senators. (You too Brutus)

Cleopatra fled Rome and returned home to Alexandria with Caesarion and had her consort, Ptolemy XIV, assassinated and established Caesarion as her co-regent at the age of four.

She found Egypt suffering from plagues and famine. The Nile canals had been neglected during her absence which caused bad harvests. There was also a Roman power strougle