Julius Caesar was top dog in the Roman world at the time he entered Egypt. After the Alexandrian War, he established Cleopatra as queen along with her younger brother as co-ruler. Then Caesar and Cleo took that famous trip down the Nile. That was not a love fest, but a political statement. Caesar and his Roman troops were telling the Egyptian people that Cleopatra was the queen backed up by the force of Rome. That was how Cleopatra gained power.
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Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.Cleopatra was a struggling queen of Egypt, who became Caesar's mistress in order to gain power.
Julius Caesar defeated Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) and his lieutenants in the Civil War, who led the Senatorial forces. He then was appointed Dictator--but never actually considered Emperor in his lifetime. It was his adopted son, Augustus (Octavian, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus) who became the first Emperor by gradually accumulating and holding offices that gave him the appearance of power to go along with his actual power (from control of the treasury and army). He had defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra (at Actium, 31 BCE) to gain undisputed control of the Roman World.
Julius Caesar gained control of Rome by winning the civil war with Pompey.
Both Octavian and Julius Caesar wanted a strong central government which could gain control over the provinces and end Rome's political and administrative disarray.