# The Alexandrian war of 48–47 BCE is a dated urban fight beside Cleopatra's court

Date: 48 BC

## The fact

In 48–47 BCE Caesar fought the Alexandrian war beside [Cleopatra](/people/cleopatra)'s court. Library-fire stories stay later disputed. The urban fight is this Fact. Julius Caesar's documented role is: He fought in Alexandria and backed Cleopatra. Library-fire stories are later and not a unique certified loss series.

## Context

Ptolemy XIII is the counterpart child-king. Sharing the war with the Egyptian court is required. The setting of The Alexandrian war of 48–47 BCE is a dated urban fight beside Cleopatra's court is the public file around -0048-10-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [humanitarian-access](/drivers/humanitarian-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Caesar, Alexandrian War at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Livius — Caesar in Egypt at https://www.livius.org/articles/person/caesar/ (Livius.org). Official carrier: Britannica — Caesar, Alexandrian War (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Livius — Caesar in Egypt (https://www.livius.org/articles/person/caesar/; Livius.org).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Caesar, Alexandrian War (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from The Alexandrian war of 48–47 BCE is a dated urban fight beside Cleopatra's court on -0048-10-01. Urban war in Alexandria is a humanitarian path. The library fire remains later disputed context. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of The Alexandrian war of 48–47 BCE is a dated urban fight beside Cleopatra's court under -0048-10-01 for Julius Caesar. Established: a sourced public record of The Alexandrian war of 48–47 BCE is a dated urban fight beside Cleopatra's court under -0048-10-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not certify a unique library-loss integer. Cleopatra is counterpart, not a romance Fact. Mixed effects of The Alexandrian war of 48–47 BCE is a dated urban fight beside Cleopatra's court are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

The attached driver is humanitarian-access. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of The Alexandrian war of 48–47 BCE is a dated urban fight beside Cleopatra's court. Naming Julius Caesar does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0048-10-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Julius Caesar: https://factrail.ai/people/julius-caesar

## Drivers

- Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access

## Sources

- https://www.livius.org/articles/person/caesar/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/juc-alexandria-48