Which 47 BC siege ended with Cleopatra restored as ruler alongside her brother?

Which 47 BC siege ended with Cleopatra restored as ruler alongside her brother? The Siege of Alexandria. It formed the central military crisis of Caesar’s intervention in the Egyptian succession dispute between Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII.

The conflict began after Caesar arrived in Alexandria following Pompey’s murder. Cleopatra had been expelled from power, while Ptolemy XIII’s advisers opposed Caesar’s attempt to enforce their father’s co-rulership arrangement. Cleopatra secretly reached Caesar in the palace quarter, and their alliance made the dispute a direct confrontation.

Caesar and his relatively small force were besieged for months by Alexandrian troops. Reinforcements eventually arrived from the eastern Mediterranean, allowing Caesar to defeat the Egyptian army near the Nile. Ptolemy XIII died during the retreat, and the siege was lifted.

Afterward, Caesar placed Cleopatra back on the throne with her younger brother Ptolemy XIV as co-ruler. The later Battle of the Nile was the decisive engagement within this broader Alexandrian conflict, not the name of the siege itself.