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Julius Caesar's siege of Alexandria
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Julius_Caesar's_siege_of_Alexandria
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Siege_of_Alexandria_(47_BC)
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkb:Ptolemaic_forces
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkb:Ptolemy_XIII_Theos_Philopator
gptkb:Achillas
gptkb:Ganymedes
Cleopatra VII (ally of Caesar)
gptkbp:date
48–47 BC
gptkbp:historicalSource
gptkb:Cassius_Dio's_Roman_History
gptkb:Plutarch's_Life_of_Caesar
Commentarii de Bello Civili (by Julius Caesar)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Julius Caesar's siege of Alexandria
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Alexandria,_Egypt
gptkbp:notableEvent
Destruction of part of the Library of Alexandria
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Caesar's_Civil_War
gptkbp:reinforcement
gptkb:Mithridates_of_Pergamum
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkb:Cleopatra_VII
gptkb:Ptolemy_XIII
gptkbp:result
Roman victory
Cleopatra VII becomes sole ruler
Death of Ptolemy XIII
gptkbp:significance
Secured Cleopatra VII's rule
Strengthened Roman influence in Egypt
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Alexandria_Library
gptkb:Destruction_of_the_Library_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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