{"slug": "ptolemy-vi-philometor", "label": "Ptolemy VI Philometor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_VI_Philometor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39952", "qid": "Q39952", "description": "Egyptian pharaoh", "entries": 17, "years": 16, "span": [-185, -144], "span_label": ["186 BCE", "145 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 10}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 10}, {"slug": "seleucid", "label": "Seleucid", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "cyrenaica", "label": "Cyrenaica", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "antiochus-iv-epiphanes", "label": "Antiochus IV Epiphanes", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "pergamum", "label": "Pergamum", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "demetrius-i-soter", "label": "Demetrius I Soter", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "coele-syria", "label": "Coele-Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "medes", "label": "Medes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -185, "year_label": "186 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy VI Philometor, king of Egypt, who will reign from 180 BC (d. 145 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368172407#Births", "title": "186 BC", "revid": 1368172407, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -180, "year_label": "181 BCE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy V is poisoned after a reign of 24 years in which the Egyptian kingdom has declined in power and influence and has lost most of its empire outside Egypt other than Cyprus and Cyrenaica. The elder of his two sons, Ptolemy VI Philometor succeeds him, but since he is an infant, he rules under the regency of his mother Cleopatra the Syrian.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363192990#Egypt", "title": "181 BC", "revid": 1363192990, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -179, "year_label": "180 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy VI Philometor, aged 6, rules as co-regent with his mother, Cleopatra I, who, although a daughter of a Seleucid king, does not take King Seleucus IV's side and remains on friendly terms with Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100368#Egypt", "title": "180 BC", "revid": 1266100368, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -175, "year_label": "176 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cleopatra I Syra dies leaving her son, Ptolemy VI, to rule Egypt alone.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370483923#Egypt", "title": "176 BC", "revid": 1370483923, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -174, "year_label": "175 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cleopatra I of Egypt, mother of Ptolemy VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361124288#Deaths", "title": "175 BC", "revid": 1361124288, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -172, "year_label": "173 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy VI Philometor marries his sister, Cleopatra II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1304313006#Egypt", "title": "173 BC", "revid": 1304313006, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -169, "year_label": "170 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "With the guardians of the young king Ptolemy VI Philometor demanding the return of Coele-Syria to Egyptian control, the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, decides on a preemptive strike against Egypt and invades the country, conquering all but the city of Alexandria. He is also able to capture Ptolemy VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289094585#Egypt", "title": "170 BC", "revid": 1289094585, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -167, "year_label": "168 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The joint rulers of Egypt, Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and their sister Cleopatra II send a renewed request to Rome for aid.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698468#Egypt", "title": "168 BC", "revid": 1352698468, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -163, "year_label": "164 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Egyptian King Ptolemy VI Philometor is expelled from Alexandria by his brother Ptolemy VIII Euergetes and flees to Rome to seek support.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1288884961#Egypt", "title": "164 BC", "revid": 1288884961, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -163, "year_label": "164 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cleopatra Thea Euergetis (\"Benefactress\"), ruler of the Seleucid kingdom from 125 BC, a daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt and his sister/wife Cleopatra II (d. 121 BC) (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1288884961#Births", "title": "164 BC", "revid": 1288884961, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -162, "year_label": "163 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Ptolemaic king Ptolemy VI Philometor is restored to his throne through the intervention of the citizens of Alexandria. However, the Romans intervene and partition the kingdom, giving Ptolemy VIII Euergetes Cyrenaica and Ptolemy VI Cyprus and Egypt. The two brothers accept the Roman partition.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342198603#Egypt", "title": "163 BC", "revid": 1342198603, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -160, "year_label": "161 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, now king of Cyrenaica, convinces the Roman Senate to back his claim for control of Cyprus, but the Egyptian king Ptolemy VI Philometor ignores this threat, and after Ptolemy VIII Euergetes' attempt to conquer the island fails, the Roman Senate disengages from the dispute.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311856799#Egypt", "title": "161 BC", "revid": 1311856799, "section": "Events › by side › Egypt"}}, {"year": -153, "year_label": "154 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Egyptian king Ptolemy VI Philometor defeats his brother, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, after he attempts to seize Cyprus by force. Nevertheless Philometor restores his brother to Cyrenaica, marries one of his daughters to him, and grants him a grain subsidy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344836272#Egypt", "title": "154 BC", "revid": 1344836272, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -152, "year_label": "153 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Seleucid king Demetrius I Soter's relations with Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum and Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt deteriorate to the point where they support a rival claimant to the Syrian throne, Alexander Balas, who claims to be the son of the former Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and, therefore, a first cousin of Demetrius. He has been \"discovered\" by Heracleides, a former minister of Antiochus IV and brother of Timarchus, who has been executed by Demetrius I Soter in 160 BC after leading a revolt against him in Media.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342803245#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "153 BC", "revid": 1342803245, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -149, "year_label": "150 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The pretender to the Seleucid throne, Alexander Balas, who claims to be the son of the late Antiochus IV, defeats the Seleucid king, Demetrius I Soter, in battle and kills him. The Roman Senate, along with Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum and Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt, support Alexander Balas and he becomes the ruler of the Seleucid Empire. Demetrius I Soter's son, Demetrius, goes into exile in Crete.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210509839#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "150 BC", "revid": 1210509839, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -147, "year_label": "148 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II Nicator, claimant to the Seleucid throne had challenged Alexander Balas, in view of the threat of such an invasion Ptolemy VI Philometor entered Coele-Syria, passing through the cities of Ashdod and Jaffa, to Ptolemais.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341236547#Hellenistic_Egypt", "title": "148 BC", "revid": 1341236547, "section": "Events › By place › Hellenistic Egypt"}}, {"year": -144, "year_label": "145 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the Battle of Antioch, Ptolemy VI Philometor defeats the Seleucid usurper Alexander Balas, but dies in the battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1000550450#Syria", "title": "145 BC", "revid": 1000550450, "section": "Events › By place › Syria"}}]}