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| Ptolemy I Soter Founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty | |
Bust of Ptolemy I in the Louvre Museum | |
| Born | 367 B.C.E. Macedon |
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| Died | 283 B.C.E. (aged 84) Alexandria, Ptolemaic Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Artakama Thaïs Euryrdice Berenice |
| Children | Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy Keraunos Meleager Arsinoe Lysandra Ptolemais |
| Parents | Lagus and Arsinoe of Macedonia |
Ptolemy I Soter (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaĩos Sōtḗr, i.e., Ptolemy the Savior, (ca.
367 B.C.E. — ca. 283 B.C.E.) was a Macedoniaian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt (323 B.C.E. — 283 B.C.E.) and founder of Ptolemaic dynasty which ruled Egypt until the Roman conquest in 30 C.E. In 305/304 B.C.E. he took the title of pharaoh.
Ptolomeo ptolemy biography
Ptolemy I was one of Alexander the Great's most trusted generals, and among the seven somatophylakes, or bodyguards, attached to his person. He was a few years older than Alexander, and his intimate friend since childhood.
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