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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?

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It's said that British spies were often recruited following a "tap on the shoulder" while studying Classics at university. What made Classics degrees in particular such a common place to recruit from?

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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?	248	AskHistorians
It's said that British spies were often recruited following a "tap on the shoulder" while studying Classics at university. What made Classics degrees in particular such a common place to recruit from?	1	AskHistorians