 Lucan depicted Caesar talking to a wise man called Acoreus during the feast, stating his intention to create a calendar more perfect than that of Eudoxus (Eudoxus was popularly credited with having determined the length of the year to be days).But the war soon resumed and Caesar was attacked by the Egyptian army for several months until he achieved victory.He then enjoyed a long cruise on the Nile with Cleopatra before leaving the country in June 47 BC.