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Ptolemaic Kingdom

period from 305 to 30 BC in ancient Egypt

31 dated entries naming Ptolemaic Kingdom, drawn from 25 separate years between 245 BCE and 868 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as History of Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemaic kingdom in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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3rd century BC

  • 245 BCEBabylon and Susa fall to the Ptolemaic armies of Ptolemy III.source
  • 204 BCEPtolemy IV Philopator, king (Pharaoh) of Egyptsource

2nd century BC

  • 117 BCEPtolemy XII Auletes, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (died 51 BC)source
  • 116 BCEPtolemy IX Philometor Soter II Lathyros becomes king of Egypt and claims the throne.source
  • 116 BCEJune 26 – Ptolemy VIII Physcon, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (born c. 182 BC)source
  • 101 BCECleopatra III, queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom (assassinated by her son Ptolemy X Alexander I)source

1st century BC

  • 88 BCEPtolemy X Alexander I, king (pharaoh) of Egyptsource
  • 81 BCEPtolemy IX Lathyros, king of Ptolemaic Egyptsource
  • 80 BCEPtolemy XII Auletes succeeds Ptolemy XI Alexander II to the throne of Egypt.source
  • 80 BCEBerenice III, queen regnant of Egypt (born 120 BC)source
  • 80 BCEPtolemy XI Alexander II, king (pharaoh) of Egyptsource
  • 77 BCEBerenice IV Epiphaneia, Greek princess and queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom (died 55 BC)source
  • 70 BCECleopatra VII, queen of Egypt (died 30 BC)source
  • 69 BCECleopatra VII Philopator, queen of Egypt (died 30 BC)source
  • 62 BCEPtolemy XIII Theos Philopator, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (died 47 BC)source
  • 60 BCEPtolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (or 59 BC)source
  • 59 BCEPtolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (or 60 BC)source
  • 58 BCEBerenice IV becomes queen of Egypt after temporarily dethroning her father, King Ptolemy XII Auletes.source
  • 55 BCEBerenice IV Epiphaneia, queen of Egypt (born 77 BC)source
  • 51 BCEPtolemy XII (Auletes), king (pharaoh) of the Ptolemaic Kingdomsource
  • 51 BCEby 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.source
  • 48 BCEAugust – Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus, who flees to Egypt. Pompey's army by and large is pardoned.source
  • 47 BCEJune 23 – Caesarion, prince of Egypt, later Ptolemy XV (died 30 BC)source
  • 46 BCECaesar's erstwhile mistress, Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and his son by her, Caesarion, take up residence in one of the dictator's estates on the Tiber.source
  • 44 BCEc. August – Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (presumed murdered) (born c. 59 BC)source
  • 30 BCESummer – Cornelius Gallus lands in Cyrene and occupies Paraetonium. Mark Antony storms the city walls and blockades the harbour, then retreats with his army (7 legions) to Egypt and receives the news that Pelusium has opened its gates to Octavian without resistance.source
  • 30 BCEc. August 12 – Cleopatra VII, queen of Ptolemaic Egypt (likely suicide) (born 69 BC)source
  • 29 BCEOctavian celebrates, in Rome, three triumphs on consecutive days (August 13, August 14, and August 15) to commemorate his victories in Illyricum, Actium and Egypt.source
  • 29 BCEPtolemy Philadelphus, Ptolemaic prince of Egypt (born 36 BC)source
  • 10 BCEThe Obelisk of Montecitorio is brought from Egypt to Rome by Emperor Augustus to be erected as a sundial gnomon of the Solarium Augusti. It is now in the Piazza Montecitorio.source

9th century

  • 868September 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.source

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