Ptolemaic Egypt

Overview

The Ptolemaic Kingdom or Ptolemaic Empire was an ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of Alexander the Great, and ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. Reigning for nearly three centuries, the Ptolemies were the longest and final dynasty of ancient Egypt, heralding a distinct era of religious and cultural syncretism between Greek and Egyptian culture.

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps
• SNAPSHOT200 BCE
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire21

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Diadochi Wars322–275 BCE
  Major conflict · 200K dead
• Wars of the Diadochi323–281 BCE
  Major conflict
• Syrian Wars274–168 BCE
  Major conflict
• Fourth Syrian War219–217 BCE
  Major conflict
• Battle of Raphia217 BCE
  Major conflict
• Sixth Syrian War170–168 BCE
  Major conflict
• Ptolemaic-Seleucid Conflict323–280 BCE
  Significant
• First Syrian War274–271 BCE
  Significant
• Second Syrian War260–253 BCE
  Significant
• Third Syrian War (Laodicean War)246–241 BCE
  Significant
• Great Revolt of the Egyptians206–186 BCE
  Significant
• Fifth Syrian War202–195 BCE
  Significant
• Alexandrine War48–47 BCE
  Significant
• Battle of Rhodes305 BCE
  Regional
• Chremonidean War267–261 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Corinth, Greece265 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Athens, Greece264 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Cos254 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Andros245 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Paneas198 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Nile47 BCE
  Regional