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I've just heard of the months-long campaign of fighting in the streets between Caesar's forces and those of Ptolemy XIII during the siege of Alexandria. It's been described as "One of the most vicious campaigns of urban warfare", but what would this street fighting have looked like?

by /u/badonkadelic in /r/AskHistorians

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