Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Cleopatra nomunun'una wake Ptolemy XIII vakava madzimambo pamwe chete, asi kusawirirana kwakaita kuti pave nehondo yevagari vomunyika yacho. Cleopatra akatizira kwenguva pfupi kuRoma yeSiriya muna 48 BC asi akadzoka gare gare gore iroro neuto kuti arwisane naPtolemy XIII. Somunhu weRoma mutengi wenyika, weRoma wezvematongerwe enyika Pompey Mukuru akaronga Ptolemaic Egypt senzvimbo yokupotera mushure mekurasikirwa ne48 BC Hondo yePharsalus muGreece kurwisana nemukwikwidzi wake Julius Caesar muHondo yaKesari yeVanhu. Zvisinei, Ptolemy XIII akaita kuti Pompey aurayiwe paPelousion ndokutumira musoro wake wakadimburwa kuna Kesari, uku Kesari achigara muAlexandria achitsvaka Pompey. Achishandisa simba rake somumiriri weRepublic yeRoma, Kesari akaedza kuyananisa Ptolemy XIII naCleopatra. Zvisinei, chipangamazano mukuru waPtolemy XIII, Potheinos, akaona mashoko aKesari seanofarira Cleopatra. Naizvozvo mauto ake, aitungamirirwa pakutanga naAchillas uye ipapo naGanymedes aitungamirirwa naArsinoe IV (hanzvadzi duku yaCleopatra),
akakomba vose vari vaviri Kesari naCleopatra pamuzinda. Kuwedzera kwakabvisa kukombwa mukuvamba kwa 47 BC uye Ptolemy XIII akafa nokukurumidza pashure pacho muHondo yeNire. Arsinoe IV pakupedzisira akaendeswa kuEfeso uye Kesari, zvino akanga ava mudzvinyiriri akasarudzwa, akazivisa Cleopatra nomunun'una wake Ptolemy XIV sevatongi pamwe chete veEgipita. Zvisinei, Kesari akaramba achidanana naCleopatra uyo akabereka mwanakomana, Caesarion (akazova Ptolemy XV), asati abva kuAlexandria achienda kuRoma.