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The Ptolemaic Kingdom (/ ˌ t ɒ l ɪ ˈ m eɪ. ɪ k / ; Koinē Greek : Πτολεμαϊκὴ βασιλεία , Ptolemaïkḕ basileía ) [ 6 ] or Ptolemaic Empire [ 7 ] was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period . [ 8 ]
The best-known Ptolemaic pharaoh, Cleopatra VII, was at different times married to and ruled with two of her brothers (Ptolemy XIII until 47 BC and then Ptolemy XIV until 44 BC), and their parents were also likely to have been siblings or possibly cousins. [15] The Gonzaga Cameo of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II from Alexandria ...
This category contains articles related to the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BCE−30 BCE), one of the Hellenistic kingdoms. It was centred in Ancient Egypt but periodically extending over large parts of the Levant , southern Asia Minor , and the Aegean islands , ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty .
The Ptolemaic dynasty (305 BCE−30 BCE) — rulers of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Hellenistic Greece based in ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt portal; History portal
The Syrian Wars were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, successor states to Alexander the Great's empire, during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC over the region then called Coele-Syria, one of the few avenues into Egypt.
The potential Roman influence would have been great. In Ptolemaic Egypt, Roman adventurers and veterans are found commonly serving under the Ptolemies. Romans are found in Ptolemaic service as early as 252/1 BC. The Ptolemaic army was odd in that, out of all the Hellenistic armies, it was the only army where you could find Romans in Greek service.
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After his failed attempted to regain the Macedonian Kingdom, Ptolemy eventually went to the Ptolemaic Kingdom to live with his relatives. Ptolemy II then was married to his only remaining paternal half-sister, Arsinoe I, by whom he had two sons, Ptolemy III Euergetes and Lysimachus, and a daughter, Berenice. [15]