Fearing she could be next, Cleopatra packed her snake and flute and fled to friends outside Alexandria . She was lurking there when she received news that Julius Caesar and a party of 5,000 Roman soldiers had just arrived in Egypt looking for Pompey.
Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 83,029. Its county seat is Lenoir. Caldwell County is part of the Hickory âLenoirâ Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A series of reductions in the county's territory followed. In 1847 parts of Caldwell County, Iredell County, and Wilkes County were combined to form Alexander County. In 1849 parts of Caldwell County, Ashe County, Wilkes County, and Yancey County were combined to form Watauga County. In 1861, parts of Caldwell County, Burke County, McDowell County, Watauga County, and Yancey County were combined to form Mitchell County.