Cleopatra's Kidnappers by Stephen Dando-Collins

Author:Stephen Dando-Collins [Stephen Dando-Collins]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2016-01-11T16:00:00+00:00

Marching north now, Caesar was determined to swiftly terminate this Egyptian war with a decisive victory here beside the Nile. In coming out to face him on the Delta, the Egyptians had played right into his hands; he much preferred a set-piece battle on open ground, as opposed to the restricting type of urban fighting he’d had to engage in at Alexandria.

Caesar was confident that with the combined forces now at his disposal he had both the quantity and the quality of troops he needed to do the job. In addition to Roman legionaries of the 6th, 27th, 28th, and 37th Legions, he had the forty-five hundred Jewish fighters of Antipater and Hyrcanus, most of whom had already shown their mettle at Pelusium and Jews Camp, plus further Jewish reinforcements from Egypt. He had his tried and trusted eight hundred German and Gallic cavalry, their horses having survived the conflict in Alexandria due to his determination to feed and preserve them. And he had several thousand allied light infantry-men and cavalry. His force now totaled some twenty thousand troops, almost exactly the same number he’d led to victory against Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus.

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