Category:Ptolemaic Kings (subject)

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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)

• 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, in 193 BCE

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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

• Wikipedia