Ptolemaic Empire

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Alexandros I Balas

by Adrian DUMITRU
published on 18 January 2012
Alexandros I Balas was a Seleucid king from 152 BC to 145 BC. As the seleucid king Demetrius I Soter (162-150 BC) became more and more unpopular due to his arrogance and drunkennes, it was quite an easy task for the rival kingdoms, such as Pergamum or Egypt to stir up a revolt against him. As a competitor was lacking, two youngsters were found, a boy and... [continue reading]
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Cultural links between India and the Greco-Roman world

by Sanujit
published on 12 February 2011
Cyrus the Great (558-530 BC) built the first universal empire, stretching from Greece to the Indus River. This was the famous Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia. An inscription at Naqsh-i-Rustam, the tomb of his able successor Darius I (521-486 BC), near Persepolis, records Gadara (Gandhara) along with Hindush (Hindus, Sindh) in the long list of satrapies... [continue reading]
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The Hellenistic Royal Court: Court Culture, Ceremonial and Ideology in Greece, Egypt and the Near East, 336-30 BCE

by Rudolf Strootman
published on 19 March 2012
This book is about court culture in the broadest sense. It discusses the social and formal aspects of court society, palace architecture, cultural and scientific patronage, and royal ritual. There are several reasons why I have committed myself to writing this book. The most important of these is the wish to fill a gap. Historians have long recognised... [continue reading]
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Women in Egypt -- how the status of women in Egypt changed during the Ptolemaic Period

by Nathalie Johansson
published on 18 September 2012
In chapter 18 of  Hellenistic Egypt (2007, pp. 240-253), Jean Bingen discusses the cultural interactions between the native population of Egypt and its ruling minority of Greek-Macedonians and come to the conclusion that there is not much mutual acculturation between the two. The specific aspect of society and this proposed cultural dualism of Ptolemaic... [continue reading]
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Land tenure, rural space, and the political economy of Ptolemaic Egypt (332 BC-30 BC)

by Manning, JG
published on 14 October 2011
In this paper I argue that statist (or “despotic”) assumptions of royal power does not adequately describe the nature of political power in the Ptolemaic development of Egypt. I examine the process of Ptolemaic state formation from the point of view of the expansion and the settlement of the Fayyum, the foundation of Ptolemais in the Thebaid... [continue reading]
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Map of the Successor Kingdoms, c. 303 BCE Map of the Mediterranean 218 BC Map of Europe in 220 BC Map of the Ptolemaic World The Eastern Hemisphere, 100 BC Ptolemaic King Ptolemy I Soter and Wife Eurydice

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  • 323 BCE
    After Alexander the Great's death Cyrene becomes subject of the Ptolemaic Empire.
  • 323 BCE
    Upon the death of Alexander the Great, Cyprus becomes part of the Ptolemaic Empire.
  • 323 BCE - 282 BCE
    Rule of Ptolemy I Soter.
  • 305 BCE - 30 BCE
    Rule of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt.
  • c. 301 BCE - c. 195 BCE
    Tyre, as all other Phoenician cities, belongs to the Ptolemies, rulers of hellenistic Egypt.
  • 300 BCE
    Ptolemy I founds the Museum of Alexandria.
  • 274 BCE - 271 BCE
    The first Syrian war, marking the beginning of the contest between the Ptolemies and the Seleucids for Phoenicia and Coele-Syria.
  • 203 BCE
    The Seleucid king, Antiochus III Megas signs an alleged treaty with Philip V of Macedon to divide Egypt and its overseas possessions between them.
  • 12 Aug 30 BCE
    12 August 30: After Octavian has declined to negotiate, Cleopatra reportedly commits suicide; Marc Antony does the same. Their children survive, but Caesarion is killed.