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The first 30 divisions come from the 3rd century BC Egyptian priest Manetho, whose Aegyptaiaca, was probably written for a Greek-speaking Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt but survives only in fragments and summaries. The names of the last two, the short-lived Persian-ruled 31st Dynasty and the longer-lasting Ptolemaic Dynasty, are later coinings.
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[3] [4] As Ptolemy I Soter ("Saviour"), he founded the Ptolemaic dynasty that was to rule Egypt for nearly 300 years. All the male rulers of the dynasty took the name Ptolemy, while princesses and female rulers preferred the names Cleopatra, Arsinoë and Berenice. The Ptolemies also adopted the Egyptian custom of marrying their sisters, with ...
When the Greeks Ruled Egypt: From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691165547. A. Lampela, Rome and the Ptolemies of Egypt: The development of their political relations 273–80 B.C. (Helsinki, 1998). J. G. Manning, The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305–30 BC (Princeton, 2009).
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The Ptolemaic dynasty ... — rulers of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Hellenistic Greece based in ancient Egypt.
The graphical timeline shows the historical periods of ancient Egypt; see Dynasties of ancient Egypt for details and sources. Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( edit | diff ) and testcases ( create ) pages.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Ptolemaic dynasty, the Macedonian Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter;
Egypt's capital under Ptolemaic dynasty. 323 BC – Alexander dies. Ptolemy I Soter appointed "Satrap" of Egypt. 305 BC – Ptolemy I proclaims himself king. 283 BC – Library of Alexandria opens (approximate date). 247 BC – Lighthouse of Alexandria built (approximate date). 170 BC – Seleucid "Emperor" Antiochus IV Epiphanes briefly ...