Rome Vs Egypt | Battle of the Nile 47 BC | Total War Rome 2 Historical Cinematic Battle
february 47 bc julius caesar marches with an army of some three thousand men cleopatra the seventh and ptolemy the thirteenth via for the throne of egypt caesar supports cleopatra's claim against ptolemy the 13th who has an army of some 5 000 men on the banks of the nile caesar's army consists of mainly experienced legionaries that have fought under his command for many years with some experienced roman cavalry and archers also within his very fast ranks man caesar's ally mithridates of pergamon joins caesar's army with some 2000 men and cavalry mithridates of pergamon's ships arrive to meet the main forces go ashore mithridates army positions into formation and waits for caesar's forces to arrive his army consists of a mix of pontic cavalry some syrian spearmen and archers and a few hundred veteran legionnaires of the roman republic oh ptolemy orders for reinforcements to be sent to help fortify his position they arrive just in time before caesar's armies approach ptolemy's army is stationed on an elevated plane giving his army a geographical advantage ptolemy's army is a mix of hoplites pikemen some egyptian slingers and a handful of elephants i will kill any man caesar closes in on ptolemy's position and orders his army into battle formation caesar joined forces with his ally mithridates they marched together on ptolemy's position caesar orders all his available cavalry to form to the left flank in an effort to try and flank ptolemy's army he then orders his legionaries at the front of the main force to form into test judo formations to minimize casualties upon their descent up the hill caesar breaks the army into two forces the left side which is made up of his heavy legion legionaries greater in number and more heavily armed and the right side which consists of lighter troops better for flanking and maneuvering ptolemy orders his siege equipment forward to begin firing on the advancing romans caesar leads a cavalry charge mithridates soldiers begin to flank the right side of ptolemy's army with the egyptian army focusing most of its force on the main roman legionaries in the center so oh energy uh he splits his cavalry forces one attacking the exposed artillery he leads a portion of cavalry around the left flank of the egyptian army crazy caesar's cavalry swoop in from the flank and catch ptolemy's forces from the rear the flanks of ptolemy's army begin to crumble rome's cavalry begin recharging the egyptian infantry foreign at the uncertainty of defeat ptolemy himself has fled the battlefield his men tired and severely wounded begin fleeing the main egyptian pike phalanxes in the center begin to break and the men begin fleeing okay hey julius caesar was victorious upon his retreat ptolemy reputedly drowned when his ship capsized egypt was now in the hands of caesar who then lifted the siege of alexandria and placed cleopatra on the throne with another of her brothers ptolemy xiv is you written by.........syed hasnain ahamad sherazi
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