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Ptolemy I Soter

Biography

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The Story of Ptolemy 12th

 

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Ptolemy I, 367 BCE to 283 BCE

 

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Ptolemy I Soter

 

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Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter

 

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Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter, Satrapal Issue

Ptolemy I Soter was a companion and historian of Alexander the Great of the Kingdom of Macedon in northern Greece who became ruler of Egypt, part of Alexander's former empire. Ptolemy was pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 305/304 to 282 BC. He was the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty which ruled Egypt until the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, turning the country into a Hellenistic kingdom and Alexandria into a center of Greek culture.