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When Cambyses II invaded Egypt in 525 BC, his army met the Egyptians at Pelusium, a strong city in the Nile Delta. Victory was uncertain until Cambyses used religion as a weapon. Cats were sacred in Egypt as symbols of the goddess Bastet, and killing one could cause riots. Cambyses had his soldiers paint cats and other sacred animals on their shields and then drove real cats and animals toward the Egyptian lines. The Egyptians, afraid of harming the animals and angering the gods, hesitated. Thei