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This category includes (in chronological order) scholarly and fictional works dealing with the [[Ptolemaic Kings]].  
'''Ptolemaic Kings''' reigned in the 3rd century over Judea.  


==List of Ptolemaic Kings, and years in office==


[[Category:Categories]]
====As Rulers of the Land of Israel====
 
< [[Alexander the Great]] >
 
*[[Ptolemy I Soter]], 303-285 BCE
**Married first (probably) Thaïs, secondly Artakama, thirdly Eurydice and finally Berenice I
**Founded the Library of Alexandria
**Took control of the land of Israel, around 301 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy II Philadelphus]], 285-246 BCE
**Married Arsinoe I, then Arsinoe II Philadelphus
**Ruled jointly with Ptolemy the Son (267 BC-259 BCE)
**According to the Letter of Aristeas (and Josephus), commissioned the Greek translation of the Torah (the so-called [[Septuagint]])
 
*[[Ptolemy III Euergetes]], 246-221 BCE
**Married [[Berenice II]]
**Fought successfully against the Seleucids in the so-called Third Syrian War
 
*[[Ptolemy IV Philopator]], 221-203 BCE
**Married Arsinoe III
**Defeated the Seleucid King [[Antiochus III the Great]]
**Was made the protagonist of the events narrated in [[3 Maccabees]]
 
*[[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]], 203-181 BCE
**Was still a child when he became king
**Lost control of the land of Israel to the Seleucid King [[Antiochus III the Great]] after the battle of Panium in 198 BCE
**Married Cleopatra I, daughter of [[[[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus]], in 193 BCE
 
< [[Seleucid Kings]] >
 
====Later Ptolemaic Kings (during the Seleucid Period)====
 
*[[Ptolemy VI Philometor]], 180-145 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator]], 145 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy VIII Physcon]], 170-116 BCE
 
*[[Cleopatra II]], 130-127 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy IX Soter (Lathyros]], 116-110/109-107/88-81 BCE
 
*[[Cleopatra III]], 107-101 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy X Alexander I]], 110-109/107-88 BCE
 
*[[Berenice III]], 81-80 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy XI Alexander II]], 80 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy XII Auletes]], 80-58/55-51 BCE
 
*[[Berenice IV]], 58-55 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator]], 51-47 BCE
 
*[[Arsinoe IV]], 48-47 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy XIV]], 47-44 BCE
 
*[[Cleopatra VII]], 51-30 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (Caesarion)]], 44-30 BCE 
 
==Ptolemaic Kings in ancient sources==
 
==Ptolemaic Kings in Scholarship==
 
==Ptolemaic Kings in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
 
*[[Letter of Aristeas]] / [[Book of Qoheleth]] / [[Book of Tobit]] / [[Zenon Papyri]]
 
==External links==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty Wikipedia]
 
 
[[Category:Index (database)]]
[[Category:People (database)]]

Latest revision as of 11:27, 3 February 2016

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Ptolemaic Kings reigned in the 3rd century over Judea.

List of Ptolemaic Kings, and years in office

As Rulers of the Land of Israel

< Alexander the Great >

  • Ptolemy I Soter, 303-285 BCE
    • Married first (probably) Thaïs, secondly Artakama, thirdly Eurydice and finally Berenice I
    • Founded the Library of Alexandria
    • Took control of the land of Israel, around 301 BCE
  • Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 285-246 BCE
    • Married Arsinoe I, then Arsinoe II Philadelphus
    • Ruled jointly with Ptolemy the Son (267 BC-259 BCE)
    • According to the Letter of Aristeas (and Josephus), commissioned the Greek translation of the Torah (the so-called Septuagint)

< Seleucid Kings >

Later Ptolemaic Kings (during the Seleucid Period)

Ptolemaic Kings in ancient sources

Ptolemaic Kings in Scholarship

Ptolemaic Kings in Fiction

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