<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukuze uqinise ukuba kwakhe semthethweni phakathi kwezikhonzi zakhe, uBerenice IV washada no-Arkelawu okusolwa ukuthi wayeyinzalo kaMithridates VI wasePonto; kodwa, amaRoma - ikakhulukazi abaxhasi bezimali abaphelelwe ithemba bakaPtolemy XII abanjengoRabirius Postumus - babezimisele ukubuyisela uPtolemy XII esikhundleni. UPompey wancenga umbusi ongumRoma waseSiriya u - Aulus Gabinius ukuba ahlasele iGibhithe futhi abuyisele uPtolemy XII, emthembisa amathalenta angu - 10 000 ayomsiza kulo msebenzi. Nakuba lokhu kwamfaka engqubuzaneni nomthetho wamaRoma, uGabinius wahlasela iGibithe entwasahlobo ka-55 BC esebenzisa iJudiya lamaHasmonean; uHyrcanus II wacela u-Antipater wase-Idumaean, uyise kaHerode Omkhulu, ukuba anikeze ibutho elaliholwa amaRoma izimpahla. Ngaphansi komyalo kaGabinius kwakukhona isikhulu esincane sebutho elihamba ngamahhashi uMarku Antony, owazibonakalisa ngokuvimbela uPtolemy XII ukuba abulale izakhamuzi zasePelousion futhi asindise isidumbu sika-Arkelawu ngemva kokuba lesi sakamuva sibulewe kwenye impi emqinisekisa ngomngcwabo wasebukhosini. UCleopatra owayeneminyaka engu-14 ubudala kungenzeka wahamba nohambo lwamaRoma oluya eGibithe; eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, uMarku Antony wathi wayeseyithanda ngaleso sikhathi. Indaba yabo yaqala kuphela ngo-41 BC, lapho u-Antony onqobayo ebiza uCleopatra ukuba eze endlunkulu yakhe eTarsos ukuze aphendule ngokusekelwa kwakhe kukaGaius Cassius Longinus  <response>: Impi yombango yabakhululi yango-43 kuya ku-42 BC. 