Biography of ptolemy 3
Biography of ptolemy 3
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Ptolemy III Euergetes
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Ptolemy III Euergetes ('the benefactor'): king of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from to
Relatives
Main deeds
- Birth
- His mother Arsinoe is accused of a conspiracy and exiled to southern Egypt.
Ptolemy III is from now on officially regarded as son of Arsinoe II
- Engaged to Berenice, daughter of Magas of Cyrene
- or Death of Magas, who is succeeded by Demetrius the Fair, the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes
- Demetrius the Fair is assassinated; Cyrene recovered for the Ptolemaic empire
- January marries Berenice; succeeds his father Ptolemy II Philadelphus
- Early July in the Seleucid empire, king Antiochus II Theos dies, leaving a confused dynastic situation.
- From his first marriage, with Laodice, he has a son Seleucus II Callinicus, who is immediately recognized as king and lives in Ephesus
- From his second marriage, with Berenice (sister of Ptolemy III), he has a five-year old son Antio