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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt (305–30 BCE)

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt (305–30 BCE)

  1. Ptolemy secures Levant victory at Gaza

    Labels: Ptolemy I, Seleucus, Battle of

  2. Ptolemy I adopts the royal title

    Labels: Ptolemy I, Egypt, Basileus

  3. Battle of Ipsus reshapes successor kingdoms

    Labels: Battle of, Antigonus I, Successor kingdoms

  4. Library and Mouseion planned in Alexandria

    Labels: Library of, Mouseion, Ptolemy I

  5. Ptolemy II becomes king of Egypt

    Labels: Ptolemy II, Alexandria, Philadelphus

  6. Ptolemy III begins reign and expansion

    Labels: Ptolemy III, Cyrenaica, Third Syrian

  7. Ptolemy IV accedes amid court turmoil

    Labels: Ptolemy IV, court factions, Philopator

  8. Ptolemaic victory at the Battle of Raphia

    Labels: Battle of, Ptolemy IV, Antiochus III

  9. Battle of Panium costs Coele-Syria

    Labels: Battle of, Antiochus III, Coele-Syria

  10. Memphis Decree issued (Rosetta Stone text)

    Labels: Memphis Decree, Rosetta Stone, Ptolemy V

  11. Ptolemy VIII’s rule deepens dynastic conflict

    Labels: Ptolemy VIII, Cleopatra II, dynastic civil

  12. Rome restores Ptolemy XII to the throne

    Labels: Ptolemy XII, Rome, restoration

  13. Cleopatra VII becomes co-ruler in Egypt

    Labels: Cleopatra VII, Ptolemy XIII, co-rulership

  14. Octavian triumphs at the Battle of Actium

    Labels: Battle of, Octavian, Mark Antony

  15. Egypt becomes a Roman province

    Labels: Roman Egypt, imperial prefect, Egypt province