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CLEOPATRA AND Caesar.

CLEOPATRA AND Caesar.

Cleopatra’s perplexity.–She resolves To go to Alexandria.–Cleopatra’s
message to Caesar.–Caesar’s reply.–Apollodorus’s stratagem.–Cleopatra
and Caesar–First impressions.–Caesar’s attachment.–Caesar’s wife.–His
fondness for Cleopatra.–Cleopatra’s foes.–She commits her cause to
Caesar.–Caesar’s pretensions.–He sends for Ptolemy.–Ptolemy’s
indignation.–His complaints against Caesar.–Great tumult in the
city.–Excitement of the populace.–Caesar’s forces–Ptolemy made
prisoner.–Caesar’s address to the people.–Its effects.–The mob
dispersed.–Caesar convenes an assembly.–Caesar’s decision. Continue reading ‘CLEOPATRA AND Caesar.’