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  Ptolemaic Dynasty - Ptolemy I - XV
Ptolemy IV Philopator was the fourth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Ptolemy VI Philometor was the sixth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator was the seventh ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ptolemy XIII of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (lived 62 BCE/61 BCE–January 13, 47 BCE?, reigned from 51 BCE) was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
Ptolemy, a Macedonian and one of Alexander the Greats generals, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexanders death in 323 BC.
Ptolemy XIV (lived 60 BC/59 BC - 44 BC, reigned 47 BC - 44 BC), a son of Ptolemy XII of Egypt was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In 221 BC Ptolemy III died and was succeeded by his son Ptolemy IV Philopator, a weak and corrupt king under whom the decline of the Ptolemaic kingdom began.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes, son of Philopator and Arsinoë, was a child when he came to the throne, and a series of regents ran the kingdom.
Ptolemy XI was succeeded by a son of Ptolemy IX, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos, nicknamed Auletes, the flute-player.
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 g. Ptolemaic Egypt to the Roman Conquest. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Ptolemy VI Philometor (“loving his mother”) followed Ptolemy V under the regency of his mother Cleopatra I. In consequence of Ptolemy's cowardice during the Sixth Syrian War with Antiochus IV (170–168), the people of Alexandria forced him to associate his brother, Ptolemy VII, in his rule.
Ptolemy VIII Soter II or Lathyrus (“chick-pea”), son of Ptolemy VII, was eventually expelled by his brother Ptolemy IX Alexander I (108–88).
Ptolemy X Alexander II, son of Ptolemy IX, succeeded but was at once slain by the people of Alexandria (80), who set up an illegitimate son of Ptolemy VIII, Ptolemy XI Auletes (“flute-player”) or Neos (“new”) Dionysos.
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 New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. IX: Petri - Reuchlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Ptolemy I. Soter, also known as Ptolemy Lagus (whence comes the name Lagidæ for the dynasty), was the son of Lagos and Arsinoe, was born about 367, and was in his youth a playfellow of Alexander.
Ptolemy's disposition, shown both to those of Hebrew race and to the Egyptians, was gentle and kind, his government was firm and tactful, while his aim was the welfare of the people in material, artistic, scientific, and literary directions.
A consequence of Ptolemy's conquest was the Hellenization of Philadelphia, the old Rabbath Ammon, Ptolemais (Acre), and Philoteria on the Sea of Galilee.
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 Ptolemy IX
Conversely, if Ptolemy IX was the son of Cleopatra II and in her control, killing Memphites would have removed any impediment to her proclaiming him king with herself as regent.
He concluded that Ptolemy IX had seized control of Alexandria earlier rather than later in 89/8 and that the two had contended for control of the countryside until early 88/7 at which time the forces of Ptolemy X were defeated, i.e.
Trogus 39); the unwarranted assumption that Cleopatra V was a daughter of Ptolemy IX; and the statement of
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 Europa Barbarorum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Ptolemy was the son of Lagus, a Greek aristocrat in West Macedonia, but a few other reports might lead one to believe that he was an older illegitimate brother of Alexander himself.
During Ptolemy II's rule, his court at Alexandria was expanded physically and figuratively, with the addition of several new and lasting structures as well as the presence of numerous prominent period figures, prompting contemporary comparisons to King Louis XIV court at Versailles.
Berenice, Ptolemy IX's daughter took his throne after his death, but was forced to marry her stepson - who assassinated her shortly after in order to take the throne for himself.
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 Ptolemy IX of Egypt - Definition, explanation
Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros was king of Egypt three times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 81 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander.
At first he was chosen by his mother Cleopatra III to be her co-regent (his father Ptolemy VIII wished that she would rule with one of her sons), though she was more forced to choose him by the Alexandrians.
Ptolemy IX's name recalls that of his great ancestor, Ptolemy I Soter; note that in older references, he may be numbered VIII.
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 Ptolemy
Ptolemy II and wife, with father (Ptolemy I) and mother on reverse.
Under Ptolemy IV, an extensive series of oktadrachms was struck posthumously for Ptolemy III, portraying him with the divine attributes of Helios (the radiate diadem), Zeus (the aegis), and Poseidon (the trident, the middle prong modified with the addition of the Egyptian lotus tip).
Ptolemy IX returned to the throne to rule when his younger brother died.
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 greek roman 2
Ptolemy marched triumphantly into the heart of the Seleucid realm, as far at any rate as Babylonia, while his fleets in the Aegean made fresh conquests as far north as Thrace.
In 221 BC Ptolemy III died and was succeeded by his son Ptolemy IV Philopater, a weak and corrupt king under whom the decline of the Ptolemaic kingdom began.
In the wars of that period the young king perished and his younger brother, Ptolemy XIV Philopator, was nominally king with Cleopatra till 44 BC, when she had him murdered.
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 Comprehensively Cleo
When Ptolemy V died in 186 with his children still young, it was Cleopatra I who took over Egypt, running it until her elder son became Ptolemy VI five years later.
Ptolemy VIII died in 116, and was replaced alongside the two Cleos with Ptolemy IX (more of him later!).
Cleopatra VII came to the throne alongside her brother/husband Ptolemy XIII in 51 B.C. Egypt was in a terrible state, and was threatened by the mighty Roman Empire.
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 Ptolemy IX Lathyros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ptolemy IX Soter II or Lathyros ("chickpea") (Greek: Πτολεμαίος Σωτήρ Λάθυρος) was king of Egypt three times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 81 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander.
At first he was chosen by his mother Cleopatra III to be her co-regent (his father Ptolemy VIII wished that she would rule with one of her sons), though she was more forced to choose him by the Alexandrians.
She was forced to marry her stepson Alexander, who reigned under the name Ptolemy XI Alexander II and had her killed 19 days later.
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 Ptolemy XII
Ptolemy XI at the hands of the Alexandrian mob, and on this basis it is usually inferred that "the boy" must be Ptolemy XII.
Ptolemy IX, since it is generally supposed that Cleopatra V was a daughter of Ptolemy IX.
Ptolemy XI In other words, I suggest that the titles are an expression of a desire for reconciliation and reuniting of the feuding branches of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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 Ptolemy X
Ptolemy X Alexander I (Greek:Πτολεμαίος Αλέξανδρος) was king of Egypt from 110 BC to 109 BC and 107 BC till 88 BC.
He was the son of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III of Egypt.
However, in 109 BC he was deposed by Ptolemy IX.
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 THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Ptolemy, a Macedonian and one of Alexander the Great's generals, was appointed satrap (a Persian title for the ruler of Egypt) after Alexander's death in 323 BC.
Whilst Ptolemy I and Cleopatra VII are perhaps the best-known rulers, most of the Ptolemaic kings and queens emerge as distinctive individuals.
Ptolemy I Soter I (ruled 305-285 BC) was the founder of the Ptolemaic line, and he took the Egyptian throne after the death of Alexander IV.
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 Ptolemy IX
Ptolemy IX (Ptolemy Soter II) was king of Egypt three times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 80 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander.
She was forced to marry her stepson Alexander, who reigned under the name Ptolemy XI and had her killed 19 days later.
Ptolemy IX's name recalls that of his great ancestor, Ptolemy I Soter; note that in older references, he may be numbered VIII.
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 Ptolemy XII Auletes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (Greek: Πτολεμαίος Νέος Διόνυσος Θέος Φιλοπάτωρ Θεός Φιλάδελφος, New Dionysus, God Beloved of his Father, God Beloved of his Brother) (117 BC – 51 BC) was son of Ptolemy IX Soter II.
In 80 BC, Ptolemy XII succeeded Ptolemy XI to the throne of Egypt.
When Ptolemy XI died without a male heir, the only available male descendents of the Ptolemy I lineage were the illegitimate sons of Ptolemy IX by an unknown Alexandrian Greek concubine (Clayton, 1994).
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 Ptolemy XII Auletes
Ptolemy XII Auletes ('the flutist'): king of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 80 to 58 and from 55 to 51.
She wants to rule with Ptolemy X Alexander, but the Alexandrines force her to accept Ptolemy IX Soter, who is fourteen years old, as co-ruler.
84: Ptolemy XII Auletes is engaged to a daughter of Mithradates.
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 Ptolemy VIII
He is also sometimes numbered as Ptolemy VII and Ptolemy IX, depending on the convention used to number Ptolemy Eupator and Ptolemy Neos Philopator.
The Canon of Ptolemy gives Ptolemy VIII 29 years after Ptolemy VI, from which the year of his death is 117/6.
For Strack's suggestion that Ptolemy Neos Philopator was a younger brother of Ptolemy Memphites by Cleopatra II, or the eldest son of Cleopatra III, see discussion under Ptolemy Memphites.
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 Ptolemy IX Lathyrus
This protracted feud between rival factions in the houses of Ptolemy and Seleucus allowed the Hasmonean rulers of Judea [Johanan Hyrcanus and Aristobulus I] to assert Judean independence and seize control of most of Palestine.
Ptolemy VIII Soter II and Ptolemy IX Alexander I - chapter 11 of E. Bevan's 1927 classic The House of Ptolemy [on Bill Thayer's Lacus Curtius].
Ptolemy IX - Christopher Bennett's annotated Egyptian Royal Genealogy provides detailed references to sources.
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 Seleucids
Ptolemy VI Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II (married to Alexander Balas in 150, Demetrius II in 146, and Antiochus VII in 138; mother of Antiochus VIII)
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II 170-63; 145-116 murdered Ptolemy VII and married his mother, Cleopatra II, the widow of Ptolemy VI.
Ptolemy XI Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes--the Flutist) 80-51.
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 JewishEncyclopedia.com - PTOLEMY IX.
B.C. After the death of Ptolemy Philometor, his brother, Euergetes II., tried to overthrow his widow and successor, Cleopatra, whose army was commanded by the Jewish general Onias (Josephus, "Contra Ap." ii., § 5).
In this connection Josephus deals with the captivity and the rescue of the Jews in Alexandria which, on the strength of the Third Book of Maccabees, are assigned to the reign of Ptolemy IV.
Since the Jews were persecuted by Ptolemy IX.
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Ptolemy XII was away for a time, but he "of course" stayed to be the king.
Although some documents from remote places are still dated Ptolemy XII 24 and 25, the most important is the fact that, later on, Ptolemy 24 was equated with Berenice IV 1 and Cleopatra Tryphaena 1.
Skeat Theodore Cressy, The Reigns of the Ptolemies, Beck, Muenchen, 1954
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 Ptolemies
Ptolemy died at the age of 29 and at this time the Egyptian empire lost all its possessions except Cyprus and Kyrene.
She was married to Ptolemy V Epiphanes in 194/3 thus approving peace between Ptolemys and Seleucids.
She was married to Ptolemy VIII and gave him five children: Ptolemy IX, Tryphaine, Cleopatra (IV), Ptolemy X and Cleopatra Selene.
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 InfoHub - View Single Post - Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy Alexander decided that Syria was too tough an egg to crack.
Ptolemy VIII died in 81 B.C. He left two heirs, one of which was an illegitimate son named Auletes.
P.P.S. After Ptolemy VIII divorced Cleopatra IV, she went to Cyprus with the intention of marrying Ptolemy Alexander.
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 Ptolemy VIII — Infoplease.com
81 B.C., king of ancient Egypt (116–107 B.C.) of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy VII and the younger Cleopatra.
She forced him to accept (110 B.C.) as coruler his brother, Ptolemy Alexander (Ptolemy IX), who drove him from the throne in 107 B.C. Ptolemy VIII went to Cyprus and then to Syria.
Ptolemy and Strabo and their conversation with Appeles and Protogenes: cosmography and painting in Raphael's 'School of Athens.'
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 Cleopatra
Cleopatra's father Ptolemy XII was the oldest of the two illegitimate sons of Ptolemy IX.
Ptolemy became governor of Cyprus and he was pronounced King of Egypt in 80 B.C. He was referred to as the Flute Player "Auletes".
Her brother drowned in the Nile while trying to escape in the Alexandrine war, and a younger brother Ptolemy XIV, whom she married by custom, was put on the throne with her.
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 Detail Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
and eldest son of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III.
Ptolemy IX fled from Alexandria to Syria and then to Cyprus.
He was involved in conflicts with Antiochus VIII and Antiochus IX.
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 Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt
Ptolemy I was one of Alexander the Great's generals who seized power in Egypt after Alexander's death in 323,
I have made an exception to my usual rule and called them Ptolemy and Cleopatra rather than Ptolemaios and Kleopatra.
The Ptolemies should normally be referred to by their epithets (Euergetes, Auletes etc.) rather than their numbers - which often differ between sources.
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 Ptolemy IX - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
88 BC, king of ancient Egypt (107 BC-88 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, brother of Ptolemy VIII.
He became sole king in 107 BC He was ousted by a revolt in Alexandria and died when trying to recover the kingdom.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Ptolemy IX" at HighBeam.
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