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Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon [note 1] (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Εὐεργέτης Τρύφων, Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs Tryphōn, "Ptolemy the Benefactor, the Opulent"; c. 184 BC – 28 June 116 BC), nicknamed Physcon (Φύσκων, Physkōn, "Fatty"), was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. [3]
Ptolemy I and other early rulers of the dynasty were not married to their relatives, the childless marriage of siblings Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II [22] being an exception. The first child-producing incestuous marriage in the Ptolemaic dynasty was that of Ptolemy IV and Arsinoe III , who were succeeded as co-pharaohs by their son Ptolemy V , born ...
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 ...
The reassessment of the evidence about the second son of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II has led to the alternative identification of Ptolemy Neos Philopator with Ptolemy Memphites, the son of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra II, who was born probably in August 143 BC, owing his by-name to his father's installation as pharaoh at the traditional capital ...
Dynasty VIII: Memphis [1]: 396 2181 BC 2160 BC 21 years Netjerkare Siptah [b] or Menkare: Neferirkare II Dynasty IX: Heracleopolis Magna: 2160 BC 2130 BC 30 years Meryibre Khety [e] Unknown Dynasty X: Heracleopolis Magna: 2130 BC 2040 BC 90 years Meryhathor: Unknown Middle Kingdom; Dynasty XI [f] Thebes: 2130 BC 1991 BC 139 years Intef ...
The Ptolemaic Decrees were a series of decrees by synods of ancient Egyptian priests.They were issued in the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which controlled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC. . In each decree, the benefactions of the reigning pharaoh, especially towards the priesthood, are recognised, and religious honours are decreed for h
Since the chart combines secular history with biblical genealogy, it worked back from the time of Christ to peg their start at 4,004 B.C. Above the image of Adam and Eve are the words, "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth" (Genesis 1:1) — beside which the author acknowledges that — "Moses assigns no date to this Creation.
Ptolemy I Soter (Ptolemy, son of Lagus): 304–285 BC; Ptolemy II Philadelphus: 284–247 BC; Ptolemy III Euergetes: 246–222 BC; Ptolemy IV Philopator: 221–205 BC; Ptolemy V Epiphanes: 204–181 BC; Ptolemy VI Philometor: 180–146 BC; Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II: 145–117 BC; Ptolemy IX Soter II: 116–81 BC; Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus: 80 ...