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Land tenure, rural space, and the political economy of Ptolemaic Egypt (332 BC-30 BC)

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...
Cultural links between India and the Greco-Roman world

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...
Alexandros I Balas

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...

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A History of the Ptolemaic Empire

Günther Hölbl

Routledge (09 November 2000)

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Hellenistic Infantry Reform in the 160s BC

Nicholas Sekunda

Oficyna Naukowa (01 December 2001)

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323 BC

After Alexander the Great's death Cyrene becomes subject of the Ptolemaic Empire.
323 BC - 282 BC

Rule of Ptolemy I Soter.
304 BC - 30 BC

Rule of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt.
c. 301 BC - c. 195 BC

Tyre, as all other Phoenician cities, belongs to the Ptolemies, rulers of hellenistic Egypt.
300 BC

Ptolemy I founds the Museum of Alexandria.
274 BC - 271 BC

The first Syrian war, marking the beginning of the contest between the Ptolemies and the Seleucids for Phoenicia and Coele-Syria.
203 BC

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 BC

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.