Which 47 BC battle saw Caesar defeat forces loyal to Ptolemy XIII?

Which 47 BC battle saw Caesar defeat forces loyal to Ptolemy XIII? The Battle of the Nile. Fought during the Alexandrian War, it broke the military power of Cleopatra’s rival, Ptolemy XIII.

Caesar had been trapped in Alexandria while Ptolemy’s forces and their commanders fought to drive him from Egypt. Reinforcements led by Mithridates of Pergamon reached Caesar after advancing through the eastern Mediterranean. Caesar then moved against the Egyptian army near the Nile Delta.

The Egyptian forces were defeated, and Ptolemy XIII tried to escape by boat. His vessel capsized, and he drowned. With the king dead and the opposing army broken, Caesar could end the siege and reorganize the succession.

The victory did not make Egypt a Roman province. Instead, Caesar restored Cleopatra and installed her younger brother Ptolemy XIV as nominal co-ruler, while Roman troops remained crucial to her security. The battle is sometimes confused with Pharsalus, Munda, or Thapsus, but those were separate conflicts in Caesar’s civil wars.