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First Battle of the Nile | |||||||
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Part of the Alexandrian war and Caesar's Civil War | |||||||
![]() Map of the battle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Roman Republic (pro-Caesar forces) Ptolemaic Kingdom (pro-Cleopatra forces)Greek forces of MithridatesKingdom of Judea | Ptolemaic Kingdom | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Julius Caesar Cleopatra VII Mithridates of Pergamum Antipater the Idumean |
Ptolemy XIII † Arsinoe IV (POW) Ganymedes † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
c. 20,000 infantry c. 1000 cavalry |
c. 27,000 infantry c. 2000 cavalry |
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.