Potheinos, akatonga kuti chibvumirano ichi chaizvoizvo chakanakira Cleopatra kupfuura Ptolemy XIII uye kuti uto raPtolemy rechi20 000, kubatanidza vaGabiniani, sezvingabvira zvikuru raigona kukurira hondo yaKesari yevarwi 4.000 vasina kutsigirwa. Akasarudza kuita kuti Achillas atungamirire mauto avo kuenda kuAlexandria kunorwisa vose vari vaviri Kesari naCleopatra. Kukombwa kwomuzinda kunoguma nako
naKesari naCleopatra vakanga vakavharirwa mukati zvakapfuurira kusvikira pagore rinotevera ra 47 BC. Yaibatanidza kupisa kwaCaesar ngarava pachiteshi chengarava kwakaparadzira moto uye zvichida kwakaparadza chikamu cheRaibhurari yeAlexandria. Caesar akakwanisa kuuraya Potheinos pashure pokunge aedza kumuuraya. Arsinoe IV akabatana naAchillas ndokuziviswa mambokadzi. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, akaita kuti mudzidzisi wake Ganymedes auraye Achillas ndokutora nzvimbo yake somutungamiriri wehondo yake. Ganymedes akabva anyengedza Kesari kuti akumbire kuti Ptolemy XIII, uyo akanga ambova nhapwa yake, avepo kuti ataurirane naye, kuti azobatana neuto raArsinoe IV. Nezivo yake yakazara yeimba youmambo, Ganymedes aipompa mvura yegungwa mumadziva kupfurikidza nemapaipi emvura, asi Cleopatra naKesari vakapikisa ikoku kupfurikidza nokuraira kuvakwa kwematsime emvura yakachena.