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- 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...
- Claudius Ptolemy (/ˈtɒləmi/; Ancient Gr****: Πτολεμαῖος, Ptolemaios; Latin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. 100 – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician...
- The Ptolemies therefore limited the number of Gr**** city-states in Egypt to Alexandria, Ptolemais, and Naucratis. Outside of Egypt, the Ptolemies exercised...
- 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...
- (1911). "Ptolemies". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 616–618. Ellis, Walter M. (1994). Ptolemy of Egypt....
- Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer. Ptolemy, Ptolemaeus or Tolomeo may also refer to:...
- Stuart, Reginald; L, Poole (1883). BMC Gr**** (Ptolemies) / Catalogue of Gr**** coins: the Ptolemies, kings of Egypt. The Trustees. p. 122. Sear. Gr****...
- possibility that they might forced the following Ptolemies to adopt a careful and respectful policy towards Rome. Ptolemy XII continued this pro-Roman policy in...
- 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...
- 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"...