Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Birnin ya shiga ƙarƙashin ikon Romawa a cikin 80 BC, bisa ga nufin Ptolemy Alexander amma bayan da ya kasance a ƙarƙashin rinjayar Romawa fiye da shekaru ɗari. Julius Caesar ya yi wasa da Cleopatra a Alexandria a 47 BC kuma an kewaye shi
a cikin birnin da Cleopatra ta dan'uwansa da kuma kishiya. Mark Antony ya bi misalinsa, wanda birnin ya biya Octavian da yawa don ya yi masa alheri. Bayan shan kashi na Antony a Yaƙin Actium, Octavian ya ɗauki Masar a matsayin mallakin sarki, ya naɗa wani mai mulki wanda ya ba da rahoto da kansa maimakon Majalisar Dattijan Roma. Sa'ad da yake Iskandariya, Octavian ya ɗauki lokaci ya ziyarci kabarin Iskandari kuma ya duba ragowar sarkin da ya rasu. A lokacin da aka ba shi damar duba kabarin Fir'auna, ya ƙi, ya ce, "Na zo ne domin in ga sarki, ba tarin gawawwaki ba".