Ptolemy

Ptolemus Soter

Son of Lagus, putative son of Philip. Founder of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

Genealogy

Lagus, Philip

Alexander, Aridaeus, Cleopatra of Macedon

Berenice, Eurydice

Argaeus, Arsinoe, Lysandra, Ptolemy, Ptolemy

Group

Ptolemaic Kings

Places
  1. Cyprus
  2. Cyrene
  3. Egypt
  4. Epirus
  5. Greece
  6. Memphis
  7. Island of Patroklus
  8. Pelusium
  9. Rhodes
  10. Syria
  11. Thesprotia
Events
  1. Ptolemy sends Patroclus to help Athenians fight Antigonus
  2. Ptolemy wages war on Greece
  3. Ptolemy crosses into Egypt after Alexander the Great dies
  4. Ptolemy kills Cleomenes
  5. Ptolemy buries Alexander’s corpse with Macedonian rites
  6. Perdiccas brings Aridaeus and Alexander with him to Egypt in an attempt usurp Ptolemy
  7. Ptolemy urges Cassander and Lysimachus to join him in war against Antigonus
  8. Ptolemy overtakes Demetrius in battle
  9. Ptolemy returns to Egypt
  10. Demetrius defeats Menelaus and Ptolemy at sea
  11. Ptolemy returns to Egypt to be overcome by Antigonus and Demetrius
  12. Ptolemy saves his empire against all odds
  13. Antigonus directs Demetrius to overtake the Rhodians
  14. Rhodians fight valiantly with the help of Ptolemy
  15. Ptolemy diminishes the Syrians and the people of Cyprus
  16. Ptolemy reinstates Pyrrhus in Thesprotia
  17. Cyrene rebels against Ptolemy’s rule
  18. Ptolemy falls in love with Berenice
  19. Upon his death, Ptolemy leaves his kingdom to Ptolemy
  20. Pyrrhus runs to Ptolemy for help
  21. Ptolemy gives Pyrrhus his stepdaughter for marriage
  22. Ptolemy uses his army to restore Pyrrhus to power in Epeirus
Citations
  1. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 1.1
  2. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 5.5
  3. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 6.1
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 6.2
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 6.3
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 6.4
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 6.5
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 6.6
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 6.8
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 8.6
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 9.1
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 9.6
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 11.5
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 16.1
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 10.2
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