Caesar was appointed dictator for a year and consul for five years. He traveled to Egypt where he engaged in the Alexandrine War on behalf of Queen Cleopatra in 47 B.C.. He made Cleopatra his mistress. Caesar then defeated Pompey's ally Pharnaces, king of Bosponus. This victory occasioned Caesar's famous saying, "Veni, vidi, vici."
Caesar was hailed as "Father of his Country" and was made dictator for life and consul for 10 years in 45 B.C.. His person was declared sacred, his statue was placed in temples, and his portrait was put on coins. He promised to make a digest of the whole of Roman law, to found libraries, to drain the Pontine Marshes, to enlarge the harbor at Ostia, to dig a canal through the Isthmus, and to launch a war against the Dacians and the Parthians.