{"slug": "ptolemaic-kingdom", "label": "Ptolemaic kingdom", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_kingdom", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 25, "years": 22, "span": [-244, 868], "span_label": ["245 BCE", "868 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 12}, {"title": "Births", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "cleopatra", "label": "Cleopatra", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "Egypt in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tulunids", "label": "Tulunids", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "babylon", "label": "Babylon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "susa", "label": "Susa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ptolemy-iii-euergetes", "label": "Ptolemy III Euergetes", "shared": 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1351497823, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -115, "year_label": "116 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy IX Philometor Soter II Lathyros becomes king of Egypt and claims the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358047657#Egypt", "title": "116 BC", "revid": 1358047657, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -115, "year_label": "116 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Ptolemy VIII Physcon, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (b. c. 182 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358047657#Deaths", "title": "116 BC", "revid": 1358047657, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -100, "year_label": "101 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cleopatra III, queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom (assassinated by her son Ptolemy X Alexander I)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295629722#Deaths", "title": "101 BC", "revid": 1295629722, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -87, "year_label": "88 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy X Alexander I, king (pharaoh) of Egypt", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325703284#Deaths", "title": "88 BC", "revid": 1325703284, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -80, "year_label": "81 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy IX Lathyros, king of Ptolemaic Egypt", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367369494#Deaths", "title": "81 BC", "revid": 1367369494, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -79, "year_label": "80 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Berenice III, queen regnant of Egypt (b. 120 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100545#Deaths", "title": "80 BC", "revid": 1266100545, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -79, "year_label": "80 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XI Alexander II, king (pharaoh) of Egypt", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100545#Deaths", "title": "80 BC", "revid": 1266100545, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -76, "year_label": "77 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Berenice IV Epiphaneia, Greek princess and queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom (d. 55 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364740529#Births", "title": "77 BC", "revid": 1364740529, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -69, "year_label": "70 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt (d. 30 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329933586#Births", "title": "70 BC", "revid": 1329933586, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -68, "year_label": "69 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cleopatra VII Philopator, queen of Egypt (d. 30 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1225088492#Births", "title": "69 BC", "revid": 1225088492, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -61, "year_label": "62 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (d. 47 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344835859#Births", "title": "62 BC", "revid": 1344835859, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -59, "year_label": "60 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (or 59 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359808394#Births", "title": "60 BC", "revid": 1359808394, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -58, "year_label": "59 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (or 60 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1327068186#Births", "title": "59 BC", "revid": 1327068186, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -57, "year_label": "58 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Berenice IV becomes queen of Egypt after temporarily dethroning her father, King Ptolemy XII Auletes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364740578#Egypt", "title": "58 BC", "revid": 1364740578, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -54, "year_label": "55 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Berenice IV Epiphaneia, queen of Egypt (b. 77 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364737843#Deaths", "title": "55 BC", "revid": 1364737843, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -50, "year_label": "51 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XII (Auletes), king (pharaoh) of the Ptolemaic Kingdom", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350525894#Deaths", "title": "51 BC", "revid": 1350525894, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -50, "year_label": "51 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "by March 22 – Pharaoh Ptolemy XII Auletes dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII as co-rulers of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. By August 29, official documents start listing Cleopatra as sole ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350525894#Egypt", "title": "51 BC", "revid": 1350525894, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -47, "year_label": "48 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus, who flees to Egypt. Pompey's army by and large is pardoned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300612578#Roman_Republic", "title": "48 BC", "revid": 1300612578, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -46, "year_label": "47 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Caesarion, prince of Egypt, later Ptolemy XV (d. 30 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1209881860#Births", "title": "47 BC", "revid": 1209881860, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -43, "year_label": "44 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "c. August – Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (presumed murdered) (b. c. 59 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362159803#Deaths", "title": "44 BC", "revid": 1362159803, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -28, "year_label": "29 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy Philadelphus, Ptolemaic prince of Egypt (b. 36 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349908551#Deaths", "title": "29 BC", "revid": 1349908551, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 868, "year_label": "868 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, a Turkish general, is sent to Egypt as governor, by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tazz. He becomes the founder of the Tulunid Dynasty (until 905), and Egypt becomes an autonomous state for the first time since the Ptolemaic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358169430#Africa", "title": "868", "revid": 1358169430, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}]}