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At Ptolemy II's birth, his older half-brother Ptolemy Keraunos was the heir presumptive. As Ptolemy II grew older a struggle for the succession developed between them, which culminated in Ptolemy Keraunos' departure from Egypt around 287 BC. On 28 March 284 BC, Ptolemy I had Ptolemy II declared king, formally elevating him to the status of co ...
Ptolemy II was a prince of Thessalian and Macedonian ancestry.He was the son and successor born to Lysimachus of Telmessos by an unnamed woman. [9] [10] He had a paternal uncle called Epigonos of Telmessos; [11] [12] had a paternal first cousin called Antipater Epigonos [13] [14] and likely he had a paternal second cousin called Epigonos.
At its apex under Ptolemy II, the Ptolemaic navy may have had as many as 336 warships, [81] with Ptolemy II reportedly having at his disposal more than 4,000 ships (including transports and allied vessels). [81] Maintaining a fleet of this size would have been costly, and reflected the vast wealth and resources of the kingdom. [81]
Ptolemy I and other early rulers of the dynasty were not married to their relatives, the childless marriage of siblings Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II [22] being an exception. The first child-producing incestuous marriage in the Ptolemaic dynasty was that of Ptolemy IV and Arsinoe III , who were succeeded as co-pharaohs by their son Ptolemy V , born ...
Ptolemy I Soter (/ ˈ t ɒ l əm i /; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr, "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek [2] general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered on Egypt.
Ptolemy III was born some time around 280 BC, as the eldest son of Ptolemy II and his first wife Arsinoe I, daughter of King Lysimachus of Thrace.His father had become co-regent of Egypt in 284 BC and sole ruler in 282 BC.
While Ptolemy I Soter founded the imperial cult of Alexander, his son and successor Ptolemy II completed its connection to the ruler cult around the reigning dynasty itself. The cult of the Ptolemies began in 283/2 BC, when the deceased parents of Ptolemy II were deified as the "Saviour Gods" (θεοὶ σωτῆρες, theoi sōtēres ...
Arsinoë II (Koinē Greek: Ἀρσινόη, c. 316 BC – between 270 and 268 BC) was a Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in ancient Egypt.She was previously Queen of Thrace, Anatolia, and Macedonia by marriage to King Lysimachus and later Ptolemy Keraunos.