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Ptolemaic kingdom

25 dated entries naming Ptolemaic kingdom, drawn from 22 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.

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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 (d. 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 (b. 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 BCEBerenice III, queen regnant of Egypt (b. 120 BC)source
  • 80 BCEPtolemy XI Alexander II, king (pharaoh) of Egyptsource
  • 77 BCEBerenice IV Epiphaneia, Greek princess and queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom (d. 55 BC)source
  • 70 BCECleopatra VII, queen of Egypt (d. 30 BC)source
  • 69 BCECleopatra VII Philopator, queen of Egypt (d. 30 BC)source
  • 62 BCEPtolemy XIII Theos Philopator, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (d. 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 (b. 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 (d. 30 BC)source
  • 44 BCEc. August – Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (presumed murdered) (b. c. 59 BC)source
  • 29 BCEPtolemy Philadelphus, Ptolemaic prince of Egypt (b. 36 BC)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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