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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 ]
Cameo of Ptolemaic rulers (Kunsthistorisches Museum) Continuing the tradition established by previous Egyptian dynasties , the Ptolemies engaged in inbreeding including sibling marriage , with many of the pharaohs being married to their siblings and often co-ruling with them. [ 21 ]
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 .
Printable version; In other projects ... The Ptolemaic dynasty (305 BCE−30 BCE) — rulers of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Hellenistic Greece based in ancient Egypt.
The Ptolemaic Kingdom reached the height of its military and economic power during his kingship, as initiated by his father Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Ptolemy III was the eldest son of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe I. When Ptolemy III was young, his mother was disgraced and he was removed from the succession.
The Ptolemaic Decrees were a series of decrees by synods of ancient Egyptian priests. They were issued in the Ptolemaic Kingdom , which controlled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC. In each decree, the benefactions of the reigning pharaoh , especially towards the priesthood, are recognised, and religious honours are decreed for him.
Map of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea at its greatest extent. 37–4 BCE. Reign of Herod the Great as king. [127] 31–30 BCE. Battle of Actium: Octavian defeats the alliance of Mark Antony and Queen Cleopatra's Ptolemaic Egypt in the War of Actium, a Roman civil war. Ptolemaic Egypt is absorbed into Octavian's Roman Empire to become Roman Egypt ...
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.