Ptolemy IV Philopator

Relatives

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  Father: Ptolemy III Euergetes
• Mother: Berenice II
• Wife: his sister Arsinoe III
• Son: Ptolemy V Epiphanes

Main deeds

• 245 or 244: Born
• Already as a young man, he is called Philopator, "the man who loves his father"
• Succeeds his father between 5 and 16 February 222; many relatives are killed (including his mother) by his ministers Agathocles and Sosibius
• 221: First skirmishes of the Fourth Syrian War: Antiochus III the Great attacks the Ptolemaic possessions in Syria
• 220: Ptolemy marries his sister Arsinoe III
• 219: Antiochus reconquers Seleucia (the port of Antioch, which had been conquered by Ptolemy III in the Third Syrian War) and proceeds to the south
• 13 June 217: Ptolemy's army defeats the Seleucid army at Raphia with an army that consists partly of native Egyptian soldiers
• October 217: Peace is concluded; the Seleucid Empire keeps Seleucia. In Egypt, the victory is attributed to Isis and Serapis.
• Revolts in Egypt; the Nubians conquer the Dodecaschoenus.
• 9 October 210: Birth of Ptolemy V
• October/November 206: Revolt of Horwennefer / Ankhwennefer in Thebes
• 29 November 205: Ptolemy V is made co-ruler
• July or August 204: Death; Arsinoe is assassinated

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Egyptian title: Iwaennetjerwymenkhwy Setepptah Userkara Sekhemankhamun; andkhdjet meryese ("Son of the divine benefactors, Chosen by Ptah, Mighty Ka of Ra, Living power of Amun; may he live forever, beloved of Isis"; the benefactors are Ptolemy III Euergetes and Berenice)

Succeeded by: Ptolemy V Epiphanes

Information on the web

• E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter 7.