Battle of the Nile (47 BC)

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First Battle of the Nile
Part of the Alexandrian war and Caesar's Civil War
Map of the battle
Date early 47 BC Location Nile Delta, Egypt Result Roman victory Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV installed as co-rulers of Egypt
Belligerents
Roman Republic (pro-Caesar forces) Ptolemaic Kingdom (pro-Cleopatra forces) Greek forces of Mithridates Kingdom 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.