Ptolemy was trying to curry favor with Caesar by killing his enemy, but Caesar was mad in that the only person who gets to tease my little brother is me kind of way, except with murder instead of teasing. So Caesar sided with, and scoodily-poofed with, Cleopatra. Thanks Thought Bubble. Cleopatra went on to become the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt and then bet on Mark, I am the wrong horse, Antony, instead of Emperor, there is a baby attached to my leg, Augustus. But before all that, Caesar made his way back from Egypt to Rome, stopping off to defeat a few kings in the east on his way, and was declared dictator again. That position was later extended for ten years, and then for life. He was elected consul in 46 BCE, and then again in 45 BCE, this last time without a co-consul.