Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Julius Kaisar ya bar Rome zuwa Alexandria a cikin 48 BC don dakile yakin basasa da ke tafe, kamar yadda yaƙi a Misira, wanda shine ɗayan manyan masu samar da hatsi na Rome da sauran kayayyaki masu tsada, zai yi mummunan tasiri ga cinikayya da Rome, musamman ga citizensan ƙasar Roma masu aiki. A lokacin zamansa a fadar Iskandariya, ya karɓi Cleopatra mai shekara 22, wanda ake zargin an kawo masa a ɓoye a cikin wani katifa. Kaisar ya yarda ya goyi bayan da'awar Cleopatra ga kursiyin. Ptolemy XIII da masu ba shi shawara sun gudu daga fadar, suna juya sojojin Masar masu aminci ga kursiyin a kan Kaisar da Cleopatra, waɗanda suka kulle kansu a cikin fadar fadar har sai da ƙarfin Romawa zai iya isa don yaƙi da tawaye, wanda aka sani daga baya a matsayin
Yaƙe-yaƙe a Alexandria. Sojojin Ptolemy XIII a ƙarshe sun ci nasara a Yaƙin Nilu kuma an kashe sarki a cikin rikici, an ba da rahoton cewa ya nitse a cikin Nilu yayin da yake ƙoƙarin tserewa tare da sauran sojojinsa.