Ptolemies: name of the last dynasty of independent Egypt, of Macedonian descent.
Ptolemy I Soter
Married to: (1) Apame; (2) Artacama; (3) Eurydice; (4) Berenice I
late summer 306
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27 January 282
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Married to: (1) Arsinoe I; (2) Arsinoe II
27 January 282
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28 January 246
Ptolemy…
Ptolemais: port in the Cyrenaica.Ptolemais was a city in the Cyrenaica. For a very long time, it was not a rival to Cyrene or Apollonia, but it still was an important port. In the fifth centyry, however, when Libyan nomads took…
Ptolemy I Soter (367-282): friend and biographer of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great, after his death king of Egypt, founder of the the Ptolemaic dynasty, one of the Diadochi.Early career
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus (308-246): second ruler of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 282 to 246 BCE.Relatives
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Father: Ptolemy I…
Ptolemy III Euergetes ('the benefactor'): king of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 246 to 222.Relatives
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Father: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Mother:…
Ptolemy IV Philopator: king of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 222 to 204.Relatives
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Father: Ptolemy III Euergetes
Mother: Berenice II
Wife:…
Ptolemy Keraunos ("thunderbolt"; †279): son of the Egyptian king Ptolemy I Soter, adventurer, briefly king of Macedonia (r.281-279).
Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemaic…