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| | Ptolemy IV of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | His reign was inaugurated by the murder of his mother, and he was always under the dominion of favourites, male and female, who indulged his vices and conducted the government as they pleased. |
 | | Self-interest led his ministers to make serious preparations to meet the attacks of Antiochus III the Great on Palestine, and the great Egyptian victory of Raphia (217), at which Ptolemy himself was present, secured the kingdom for the remainder of his reign. |
 | | He married (about 215) his sister Arsinoë III, but continued to be ruled by his mistress, sister of Agathocles. |
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