Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Har yanzu yana da niyyar sauke Cleopatra VII, Ptolemy XIII ya haɗa kai da Arsinoe IV. Tare, suka shirya rukunin sojojin da suke da aminci a gare su da waɗanda suke da aminci ga Cleopatra VII da kuma ƙaramin sashen rundunarsa da suka bi Kaisar zuwa Masar. Yaƙin tsakanin ɓangarorin da ke yaƙi ya faru a tsakiyar Disamba 48 BC a cikin Alexandria kanta (kewaye da Alexandria (47 BC)
), wanda ya sami mummunar lalacewa. A wannan lokacin, ƙonewa na Library of Alexandria ya faru.