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  Ptolemy V - LoveToKnow 1911
PTOLEMY V. Epiphanes reigned 204-181), son of Philopator and Arsinoe, was not more than five years old when he came to the throne, and under a series of regents the kingdom was paralysed.
But in 147 Philometor broke with him and transferred his support, together with the person of Cleopatra, to Demetrius II., the young son of Demetrius I. He himself at Antioch was entreated by the people to assume the Seleucid diadem, but he declined and installed Demetrius as king.
Philometor's infant son, Ptolemy Philopator Neos (?) 1, was proclaimed king in Alexandria under the regency of his mother Cleopatra.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ptolemy_V   (791 words)

  
 Ptolemaic Dynasty - Ptolemy I - XV
Ptolemy IV Philopator was the fourth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator was the seventh ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) was the eighth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
www.crystalinks.com /ptolemaic.html   (1794 words)

  
 Descendants and Ancestors of David Kincaid - Person Page 248   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ptolemy VI Philometor was the son of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Cleopatra I of Syria.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes was the son of Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III of Egypt.
Ptolemy II Philadelpios was the son of Ptolemy I Soter and Eurodike of Macedonia.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~lawrpaul/kincaid-p/p248.htm   (925 words)

  
 Ptolemy 6 Philometor
By Antiochus' intervention the brother of Ptolemy was invested with the power of Egypt in 170, known as king Ptolemy 7.
After Ptolemy 6 was released, and Antiochus withdrew much of his influence over Egypt, the two brothers started to govern the country together.
Ptolemy 6 died in 145 BCE from wounds inflicted upon him in a battle in Syria.
i-cias.com /e.o/ptolemy_6.htm   (173 words)

  
 g. Ptolemaic Egypt to the Roman Conquest. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Ptolemy III Euergetes (“benefactor”) supported his sister Berenice II in the Third Syrian War (246–241) and acquired the coasts of Syria and southern Asia Minor, as well as some Aegean ports.
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).
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 greek roman 2
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.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes, son of Philopator and ArsinoƎ, 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.
www.the-world-in-focus.com /Africa/Egypt/History/greekroman2.html   (1000 words)

  
 Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
The outcome was that Ptolemy VI Philometor ruled the old capital of Memphis, while his younger brother Ptolemy VIII, with his sister, was given Alexandria.
Ptolemy VIII was also responsible for a part of a shrine of Aphrodite, surnamed "on the mountain" to distinguish it from the temple of Aphrodite at Deir el-Medina.
Ptolemy VIII was also responsible for decorating the gateway of the Second Pylon in the Temple of Amun at Karnak.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/ptolemyviii.htm   (1593 words)

  
 Ptolemy VI of Egypt
Ptolemy succeeded in 180 at the age of about 12 and ruled jointly with his mother, Cleopatra I, until her death in 176 BC.
From 169-164 Egypt was ruled by a triumvirate consisting of Ptolemy, his sister-queen and his younger brother known as Ptolemy VIII[?], but in 164 he was driven out by his brother and went to Rome to seek support, which he received from Cato.
He was restored the following year by the intervention of the Alexandrians and ruled uneasily, cruelly suppressing frequent rebellions, until he was killed in Syria, fighting against Alexander Balas.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pt/Ptolemy_VI_of_Egypt.html   (149 words)

  
 Ptolemy V
A second son Ptolemy was sent as an ambassador to Philip V of Macedon in 204/3 (Polybius 15.25.13).
Ptolemy VI to Antiochus IV in 169 (Polybius 28.19.6).
Ptolemy VI was accounted as beginning in the 24th Macedonian regnal year of Ptolemy V. He does not present any justification for the choice, and does not recognise the discrepancy in the two versions of Eusebius; moreover the inference he draws is very questionable, though not impossible.
www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_v.htm   (3570 words)

  
 Detail Page
Cleopatra and Ptolemy VI were supported by the powerful Jewish community of Alexandria and put their army under the control of two Jewish generals.
After the death of Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII returned to Alexandria from Cyrene, murdered the 17-year-old Ptolemy VII, and bowed to the demands of the Alexandrians to marry his sister Cleopatra.
Ptolemy murdered the boy and sent pieces of his body packed in a hamper as a birthday present to Cleopatra in Alexandria.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0131   (613 words)

  
 Ptolemy VI Philometor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 152 BC he briefly ruled jointly with one of his sons, known as Ptolemy Eupator, but it is thought that Ptolemy Eupator died that same year.
Ptolemy Philometor reigned for a short time with his son, Ptolemy Eupator.
As a result, some nineteenth century texts count Ptolemy Philometor as Ptolemy VII, and increase the numbers of all the later Ptolemies until "Ptolemy XVI Caesarion".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ptolemy_VI_of_Egypt   (355 words)

  
 Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Ptolemy VI Philometor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ptolemy VI Philometor was the sixth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
He was the son and successor of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, who died when Philometor was a very young boy.
His mother died at approximately four years after Philometor took the throne and he was under the control of his guardians, Eulaeus and Lenaeus.
www.touregypt.net /32dyn06.htm   (178 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 800 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Soon after this, she was obliged to take refuge with Deme­trius, fearing the return of Physcon, who, however, suspended his hostilities against her, on Alexander, whom he had employed against his disaffected sub­jects, setting up a claim to the throne of Egypt.
Philometor and Cleopatra [No. 4], man led, as we have seen, her uncle Physcon, and on his death was left heir of the kingdom in conjunction with whichever of her sons filie chose.
A battle took place, in which Cyzicenus was defeated ; and she then fled to Antioch, which was besieged and taken by Grypus, and Cleopatra was surrendered by him to the vengeance of his wife Tryphaena, her own sister, who had her murdered in a temple in which she had taken refuge.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0809.html   (908 words)

  
 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 XII, Neos Dionysos, 80 to 58 and 55 to 51 BCE
members.verizon.net /vze3xycv/RulersCoins/ptolemyPic.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Egyptian Pharaohs : Graeco-Roman Period : Ptolemaic Dynasty : Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon
He was co ruler (by force) for his older brother Ptolemy VI and his wife.
He ruled Egypt alone for a time when Ptolemy VI absconded to Rome, and in a settlement that he always resented, he was set to rule a western province, Cyrene while his brother retained Egypt.
Ptolemy VIII died on June 26, 116 BCE, leaving his power to his wife Cleopatra III and one of her sons.
www.phouka.com /pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn33/08pto8.html   (330 words)

  
 Ptolemy V of Egypt
Ptolemy V Epiphanes (reigned 204-181 BC), son of Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoë, was not more than five years old when he came to the throne, and under a series of regents the kingdom was paralysed.
Antiochus III[?] and Philip V of Macedonia made a compact to divide the Ptolemaic possessions overseas.
The elder of his two sons, Ptolemy VI Philometor (181-145), succeeded as an infant under the regency of his mother Cleopatra.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pt/Ptolemy_V.html   (196 words)

  
 Macedonia - United Macedonians Organization of Canada
Ptolemy VI was no more than sixteen years old when war broke out and was still under the advice of strangers who urged him to fight on.
Her oldest son Ptolemy IX Philometor was born in 142 BC and, at the time of Euergetes’s death, was governor of Cyprus.
Ptolemy XII ruled undisturbed for thirty years until 59 BC when he was thrown out by the Alexandrians for allowing Rome to annex Cyprus and for willingly being a Roman puppet.
www.unitedmacedonians.org /macedonia/stefov28.html   (8433 words)

  
 Egyptian History: Graeco-Roman Dynasties
Ptolemy was worshipped as pharaohs had traditionally been, and he was careful to foster the worship of the ancient gods and of Graecised Egyptian gods like Serapis.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, (reigned 284-246 BCE), married to his full sister, Asinoe II, and sharing power with her, continued the reorganisation of Egypt, basing his decisions on facts gathered during extensive censuses.
During the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor (reigned 180-145) the Seleucid Antiochus IV conquered Egypt in 170, was crowned at Memphis two years later and left the country in the hands of a Syrian governor.
nefertiti.iwebland.com /history-g-r.htm   (1674 words)

  
 Ptolemy VI - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
After her death, Antiochus IV of Syria invaded Egypt, and Ptolemy was captured (170 BC) at Pelusium.
Ptolemy Physcon ruled over Cyrene, Ptolemy Philometor over Egypt; trouble between the brothers ultimately caused the intervention of Rome.
Ptolemy VI aided Demetrius II to gain the throne of Syria and was killed in battle with the rival claimant, Alexander Balas.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ptlmy6.html   (328 words)

  
 THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
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.
www.egyptologyonline.com /ptolemies.htm   (1107 words)

  
 Seleucids
Ptolemy VI was married to Cleopatra II, his sister.
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.
fontes.lstc.edu /~rklein/Documents/seleucids.htm   (496 words)

  
 Egyptian Pharaohs : Graeco-Roman Period : Ptolemaic Dynasty : Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Antiochus defeated Ptolemy in the Battle of Panion 200 BCE and peace was cemented by the marriage of the young Egyptian king to Cleopatra I, daughter of Antiochus.
He left his young wife, Cleopatra I, as regent for their young son Ptolemy VI Philomentor.
Ptolemy V is uniquely associated with the famed Rosetta Stone, which allowed the world to finally understand the hieroglyphic language -- he was crowned in 196 BCE in Memphis with traditional egyptian rites and the decrees issues for the occasion were copied and sent out.
www.phouka.com /pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn33/05ptp5.html   (310 words)

  
 Ptolemy - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
This Ptolemy planted numerous colonies in Egypt, Syria and Palestine, among which were several of the name of Arsinoe (his sister-wife), Philadelphia on the ruins of old Rabbah, Philotera south of the Sea of Galilee, and Ptolemais on the site of Acco.
Philometor was later drawn into Syrian politics in the conflict between Alexander Balas and Demetrius.
Balas was defeated in a decisive battle on the Oenoparas and killed, but Ptolemy himself died in 146 BC from the effects of a fall from his horse in the battle (1 Macc 1:18; 10:51; 2 Macc 1:10; 4:21).
www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T7149   (1761 words)

  
 Ptolemy VI Philometor
Ptolemy VI Philometor: king of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 181 to 145.
Ptolemy VI tries to appease his brother by offering him an engagement to his daughter Cleopatra Thea.
Although Ptolemy VI had supported the coup d'état of Demetrius I Soter, he now backs Alexander I Balas, who marries Cleopatra Thea in Ptolemais.
www.livius.org /ps-pz/ptolemies/ptolemy_vi_philometor.html   (435 words)

  
 Antiochus plunders Palestine (Daniel 11:24-28)
Apparently, Ptolemy had heard that Antiochus was planning to invade Egypt so he raised a large army and prepared for war.
The alliance was part of his plan to conquer all of Egypt with the help of Ptolemy VI Philometor.
Ptolemy VI ruled Memphis, and Ptolemy VII ruled Alexandria.
www.neverthirsty.org /pp/series/DAN/D018/D01894.html   (192 words)

  
 Ptolemy VI
Ptolemy I Philometer was born around 186 BCand died in 145.
When king Demitrious died the throne was offered to Ptolemy VI, however he turned it down so King Demitrious II couls have the throne.
Ptolemy died while fighting a battle for Demitrious II against Alexander Balas.
library.thinkquest.org /J0112618/PtolemyVI.htm   (107 words)

  
 Coinage of Cleopatra VII & Augustus in Cyprus: Page 04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The portraits on tetradrachms of Ptolemy VI's brother, Ptolemy VIII (sic) are similar to those of Ptolemy VI.
Since Ptolemy IV portraits on silver tetradrachms show a ruler whose genetic contribution from big-chinned Ptolemy I Soter was twice that of Ptolemy XII, the comparison of chin strength between Ptolemy IV and Ptolemy XII is similar, while at some distance from the really big chin of Ptolemy I Soter.
Indeed the tetradrachms of Ptolemy XII bear a strong resemblance to the known coin portraits of his daughter Cleopatra, who had nearly the same genetic make-up over generations as her father-uncle.
www.oldromancoins.com /mk-book/page04.htm   (636 words)

  
 Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
This arrangement led to continuous intrigues, lasting until October 164, when Philometor went to Rome to angle for support from the Senate, who were little helpful, but Physcon's sole rule was not popular, and in May 163 the two brother agreed to a partition that left Physcon in charge of Cyrenaica.
When Philometor died on campaign in 145, Cleopatra II had her son proclaimed Ptolemy VII, but Physcon returned, proposed a joint rule and marriage to Cleopatra II, then had the unlucky youth assassinated during the wedding feast.
Physcon, Cleopatra III, and their children escaped to Cyprus, while Cleopatra II had his 12-year-old son, Ptolemy Memphitis acclaimed as king - Physcon was however able to get hold of the boy, killed him, and sent the dismembered pieces to Cleopatra.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/PtolemyVIII.html   (727 words)

  
 Cleopatra Bio from Tour Egypt Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
After her death, "Ptolemy VI Philometor" ascended the throne and married his sister "Cleopatra II" in 175 BC.
Ptolemy in rage accused them both of treason, and led the army from the east to siege the palace.
"Ptolemy XIII" was killed in combat, and Caesar announced Cleopatra as queen, in co-regency with her younger brother "Ptolemy XIV" in 47 BC.
sangha.net /messengers/Cleo-bio.htm   (2101 words)

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