- 305 BC he
declared himself Pharaoh Ptolemy I,
later known as Sōter "Saviour". The
Egyptians soon
accepted the
Ptolemies as the
successors to the pharaohs...
- The
Ptolemies therefore limited the
number of Gr**** city-states in
Egypt to Alexandria, Ptolemais, and Naucratis.
Outside of Egypt, the
Ptolemies exercised...
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Claudius Ptolemy (/ˈtɒləmi/;
Ancient Gr****: Πτολεμαῖος, Ptolemaios; Latin:
Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. 100 – 160s/170s AD) was an
Alexandrian mathematician...
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Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) was an
Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer,
geographer and astrologer.
Ptolemy,
Ptolemaeus or
Tolomeo may also
refer to:...
- (1911). "
Ptolemies". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.).
Cambridge University Press. pp. 616–618. Ellis,
Walter M. (1994).
Ptolemy of Egypt....
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relationship with the
Ptolemies,
Pompey ultimately decided that
Egypt would be his
place of refuge,
where he
could replenish his forces.
Ptolemy XIII's advisers...
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column 1759–1760. Mahaffy, John
Pentland (2014) [1895]. The
Empire of the
Ptolemies.
Cambridge Library Collection. Cambridge,
England and New York: Cambridge...
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texts count Ptolemy Philometor as "
Ptolemy VII" (instead of "
Ptolemy VI"), and
increment the
numbers of all
later Ptolemies by one
until "
Ptolemy XVI Caesarion"...
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Numbering the
Ptolemies is a
modern convention.
Older sources may give a
number one
higher or lower. The most
reliable way of
determining which Ptolemy is being...
- Stuart, Reginald; L,
Poole (1883). BMC Gr**** (
Ptolemies) /
Catalogue of Gr**** coins: the
Ptolemies,
kings of Egypt. The Trustees. p. 122. Sear. Gr****...
