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Group: Croatia (Dalmatian, or Littoral), Principality of
People: Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
Topic: Nile, Battle of the
Location: Altino > Altinium Abruzzi Italy

Nile, Battle of the

Years: 47BCE - 47BCE

The Battle of the Nile in early 47 BC saw the combined Roman–Egyptian armies of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII defeat those of the rival Queen Arsinoe IV and King Ptolemy XIII and secure the throne of Egypt.

“And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.”

― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life (2010)