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Ptolemy I, Founder Ptolemaic Dynasty > 
Ptolemy I Soter: friend and biographer of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great, after his death king of Egypt, founder of the the Ptolemaic dynasty, one of the Diadochi.
Ptolemy probably took part in Alexander's Persian campaign from the very beginning, in 334. There is one casual reference to a Ptolemy who was present during the northern campaign of 335, but we are not certain whether this refers to the son of Lagus or another Ptolemy. However this may be, the son of Lagus certainly took part in the battle of Issus in November 333 and joined Alexander's journey to the oracle of Ammon, in the Libyan desert, in the spring of 331. The historian Arrian of Nicomedia records Ptolemy's presence during the battle in the Persian gate, but as Arrian's account is based on Ptolemy's own History of Alexander, and other sources are silent about his actions, we must probably take Arrian's story with a grain of salt.
We have more certainty about his presence in Persepolis, which was sacked by Alexander on advise of Ptolemy's mistress Thais. We know not much about their affair, except for the fact that she bore him two sons, Lagus and Leontiscus, and a daughter Irene.
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Alexander the Great
Alexander surprised everyone at age 20 by quickly revealing himself to be every bit the man (even moreso) than his father, the awesome Philip II (382-336) of Macedon. Al... |
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The Ptolemies, Last Indept. Dynasty Egypt
Ptolemies: name of the last dynasty of independent Egypt. In 332, the Macedonian king Alexander the Great conquered Egypt and gave a new capital to the old kingdom along... |
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Cleopatra VII, the Last Pharaoh
In the springtime of 51 BC, Ptolemy Auletes died and left his kingdom in his will to his eighteen year old daughter, Cleopatra, and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII who... |
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Ptolemy, Astronomer / Geographer
Claudius Ptolemy lived in Alexandria (in Egypt) from approx. 87 -150 AD. He was an astronomer, mathematician and geographer. He codified the Greek geocentric view of the... |
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