What was Cleopatra's army like?
The battle of Alexandria is not well documented
The Alexanders also did not neglect them, or were less active in handling their affairs. Because they sent representatives and commissioners to recruit soldiers everywhere Egypt's power and territory extended. They carried a large number of darts and engines into the town and gathered countless soldiers. However, workshops for the manufacture of weapons were established in every part of the city. They recruited all adult slaves; Wealthy citizens provide them with food and remuneration. Thanks to the wise deployment of this group, they guarded the fortifications in remote areas of the town. When they will exempt all other service veterans from stationing in squares and open spaces; No matter which side they attacked, they could always provide rescue and restart the charge. They blocked all the avenues and passed through a three-story wall made of ashlar stone, which was forty feet high. They defended the lower part of the town with very tall towers of ten floors: in addition to this, they designed a kind of mobile tower, consisting of an equal number of floors, and equipped with ropes and wheels, which could be used by horses, since the streets of Alexandria were fairly flat and flat and could be transported wherever their services were needed"- De Bello Alexandrino
Both Cleopatra and Ptolemy had Roman soldiers on their side: Ptolemy had Gabinani, a Syrian legion and their Gallic and German cavalry, who came to Settle Egypt and fight for Rome's Egyptian allies. Cleopatra had Caesar's army and later Marcus Antony's army.
Most warriors fought in the traditional Greek style
It is possible that she also had her ancestors commonly used Cretan and Thracian mercenaries dating back to Alexander himself
There may also be Nubian archers, Jewish catapults, and warriors (many would rather fight for Egypt than for seleucid or Roman lords), war elephants, and Arab warriors. Another popular mercenary was the Galatian expatriates, who were hired as the king's guards
However, most of the Ptolemaic army were spearmen. The old phalanx was out, using more flexible powers in the twilight of the Hellenistic world. These are Thyrephoroi (shield holders)
There is also a mailed version called Thorakiti (wearing torso armor)
The old doru gun was still their main weapon, with a long-pointed sword as their secondary weapon.
Cavalry is the traditional Macedonian style of cavalry, although in small numbers
Her army was largely a mixture of Greeks and natives, who fought in a modified Greek style. The decline of the Ptolemaic army was manifested in the fact that most of these soldiers were mercenaries from the eastern Mediterranean. Cleopatra had a largely small specialized army, maneuverable and agile, and very good at close-quarters urban combat.
