The Battle For The Lighthouse of Alexandria

A true spectacle for history nerds

Grant Piper
4 min readMar 19, 2023

--

(Public domain)

One of the least remembered chapters of the tale of Julius Caesar involves a strange siege of Alexandria, Egypt. Caesar sailed into Alexandria with some soldiers in search of money and troops for his ongoing battle against Pompey in the Roman civil war. When he arrived, he discovered that the Egyptians had captured his rival Pomey…

--

--

Grant Piper

Professional writer. Amateur historian. Husband, father, Christian.