Pompey Falls: Egypt Betrays Rome's Greatest General
King Ptolemy of Egypt ordered Pompey the Great's assassination as soon as the Roman general landed, hoping to win Caesar's favor. This brutal betrayal instead drove Caesar into a full-scale civil war across Egypt, driving him to seize Alexandria and install Cleopatra as ruler.
September 28, 48 BC
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