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Golden ring depicting Ptolemy VI wearing a Greek diadem. Ptolemy VI was the eldest son of Ptolemy V and Cleopatra I.The early reign of Ptolemy V was dominated by the Fifth Syrian War (204–198 BC) against the Seleucid king Antiochus III, who completely defeated the Ptolemaic forces, annexed Coele-Syria and Judaea to his empire, and reduced Egypt to a subordinate position. [2]
Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes: unknown: 168–164 BC Archias: 163–158 BC: Ptolemy VI Philometor: Xenophon? 158–152 BC Andromachus? 152–145 BC Seleucus, son of Bithys: 144–ca. 130 BC: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes: Crocus: ca. 130–124 BC Theodorus, son of Seleucus: 123–118 BC Helenus of Cyrene (1st time) 118–117 BC ...
After Ptolemy VI's death a series of civil wars and feuds between the members of the Ptolemaic dynasty started and lasted for over a century. Philometor was succeeded by yet another infant, his son Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator. But Physcon soon returned, killed his young nephew, seized the throne and as Ptolemy VIII soon proved himself a cruel ...
In 193 BC Cleopatra I, a Seleucid princess, married King Ptolemy V of Egypt. Their granddaughter Cleopatra Thea of the Ptolemaic dynasty married the claimant Alexander Balas half a century later in 150 BC. [1] She later married Demetrius II of Syria, and they had two sons. [note 1] Demetrius II was captured and held as a prisoner by the ...
Philometor (Greek: Φιλομήτωρ), meaning "mother-loving", was a common royal epithet among Hellenistic monarchs: Ptolemy VI Philometor, King of Egypt, r. 180 to 145 BC. Cleopatra Philometor Soteira, Queen of Egypt; c.160–101 BC; r. 142 to 131 BC, 127 to 101 BC. Paerisades IV Philometor, King of the Bosporan Kingdom; fl. c. 150 to 125 BC.
The Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great was an imperial cult in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), promoted by the Ptolemaic dynasty.The core of the cult was the worship of the deified conqueror-king Alexander the Great, which eventually formed the basis for the ruler cult of the Ptolemies themselves.
Returning to the east Alexander Balas, his ships, mercenaries and auxiliaries provided by Ptolemy VI Philometor and from Pergamon, began his insurrection against Demetrius Soter. In 152 BC, he landed at Ptolemais to make his bid for power. Ptolemais was chosen, most likely, due to its proximity to Ptolemaic Egypt and the support that would come ...
Ptolemy VI now ruled from Syria itself, with Demetrius II as a puppet; Cleopatra Thea was remarried to the new king. Alexander Balas's loyalists harassed the countryside outside of Antioch. Eventually, Ptolemy VI rallied his forces and the Ptolemaic-Demetrius II coalition went to meet him at a nearby river. The Battle of the Oenoparus resulted.