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2 giorni fa · Caesarion (Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar) was the last king of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt, and he reigned jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt, from September 2, 47 BC. He was the eldest son of Cleopatra VII, and possibly the only son of Julius Caesar , after whom he was named.
6 giorni fa · Several much later Greek and Roman accounts (including Arrian, Diodorus Siculus and Quintus Curtius Rufus) describe that the burning was the idea of Thaïs, mistress of Alexander's general Ptolemy I Soter, and possibly of Alexander himself.
28 ago 2024 · Palestine - Alexander, Roman, Jewish: To Alexander, Palestine was, as to many before him, a corridor leading to Egypt, the outlying Persian province. Consequently, in his attack on that province after the Battle of Issus (333 bce), he confined his attention, in his passage southward, to reducing the coastal cities that might form bases for the Persian fleet. He left the Jews undisturbed in ...
22 ago 2024 · Ptolemaic dynasty - Administration and economy: The changes brought to Egypt by the Ptolemies were momentous. The land’s resources were harnessed with unparalleled efficiency, making Egypt the wealthiest of the Hellenistic kingdoms. The amount of land under cultivation was increased, and new crops were introduced (especially important was the introduction of naked tetraploid wheat, Triticum ...
1 giorno fa · Ptolemy, a somatophylax, one of the seven bodyguards who served as Alexander the Great's generals and deputies, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 BC. In 305 BC, he declared himself King Ptolemy I, later known as "Soter" (saviour) for his role in helping the Rhodians during the siege of Rhodes.
3 giorni fa · Ptolemy was left with Egypt, and Seleucus with the Levant, Mesopotamia, and points east. Control of Greece, Thrace, and Anatolia was contested, but by 298 BC the Antigonid dynasty had supplanted the Antipatrid. The Stag Hunt Mosaic at the Archaeological Museum of Pella (3rd century BC)
