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             into exile to Syria. In Syria, she raised an army and started back to Egypt to regain
             her throne. In 48 BC, this ambitious monarch was in Pelusium, on the eastern
             frontier of Egypt, with her newly acquired army preparing to attack her brother and
             his associates. This battle was never fought, however, because Julius Caesar, who
             had arrived at Alexandria in pursuit of Pompey, "claimed the right to arbitrate the
             quarrel" as the representative of Rome (Hoobler 28). Both Ptolemy and Cleopatra
             were to dismiss their armies and meet with Caesar, who would settle their dispute.
             Meanwhile, there was also a civil war going on between Caesar and Pompey.
             Pothinus, knowing that Caesar would win, convinced Ptolemy XIII that it would be
             best to have Pompey beheaded and have his head presented to Caesar, as a way to
             convince him to join their side in the their civil dispute. Caesar had not been
             "enchanted, and being friends with Pompey, did not desire to have him treated so
             disrespectfully" (Foreman 61). Determined to present her case, Cleopatra sailed to
             Alexandria in a small boat with only a few assistants. There she had herself rolled up
             in to a carpet and carried to Caesar's palace by one of her attendants who told the
             guards it was a present for Caesar. She did this because it would have been
             impossible to gain access to the palace without Ptolemy XIII discovering and killing
             her. Cleopatra realized that in order to gain power she would have to remain on
             good terms with Rome and its leaders so she successful
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