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1 giorno fa · Ptolemy VI Philometor (181–164 BC, 163–145 BC) married Cleopatra II, briefly ruled jointly with Ptolemy Eupator in 152 BC Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (possibly never reigned) Ptolemy VIII Physcon (170–163 BC, 145–116 BC) married Cleopatra II, then Cleopatra III ; temporarily expelled from Alexandria by Cleopatra II from 131 to 127 BC, then reconciled with her in 124 BC.
1 lug 2024 · The reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor (180–145 bce), a man of pious and magnanimous character, was marked by renewed conflict with the Seleucids after the death of his mother, Cleopatra I, in 176 bce.
2 giorni fa · Ring of Ptolemy VI Philometor (right) as Egyptian pharaoh. Both pieces in the Louvre Museum. 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.
4 giorni fa · Beginning in 662 BCE, Psamtik I formed contacts with Gyges, the king of the Anatolian kingdom of Lydia, who sent to Egypt the Ionian Greek and Carian mercenaries that Psamtik I used to reconquer Memphis and defeat the other kinglets of the Dodecarchy, some of whom fled to Libya.
26 giu 2024 · Ptolemy of Mauretania (r. 23-40 CE) was the son of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene II. He was king of Mauretania and one of the last surviving members of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Why did Caligula execute Ptolemy?
14 giu 2024 · The army of Ptolemaic Egypt was a well-organized fighting force trained in Hellenistic warfare. The Ptolemaic dynasty used their considerable wealth to maintain a large standing army of professional soldiers. Some troops were paid in money, and others were given farmland in exchange for service.
17 giu 2024 · This book shines in its description of Mediterranean power struggles, guiding readers through Ptolemy I’s wars against the other Diadochi and Ptolemy II’s coastal wars from Asia Minor up to the Aegean.
