Civil War
The ensuing civil war pitted Cleopatra's city of Alexandria against the rest of the country, who supported Physcon. Getting desperate, Cleopatra offered the throne of Egypt to Demetrius II Nicator, but his forces could get no further than Pelusium. By 127 BC, Cleopatra fled to Syria. Alexandria held out for another year. After further political maneuvering, Cleopatra II did end up back in Egypt in 124 BC. A formal amnesty decree followed in 118 BC, but it was insufficient to improve the government's relationship with the whole country. The Romans were forced to intervene in Egypt 116 BC.
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