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1 day ago · Ptolemy VIII Physcon's expulsion of the scholars from Alexandria brought about a shift in the history of Hellenistic scholarship. The scholars who had studied at the Library of Alexandria and their students continued to conduct research and write treatises, but most of them no longer did so in association with the Library. [77]
5 days ago · Claudius Ptolemy was a prominent Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who lived around 100 to 170 AD. He authored around a dozen scientific treatises, three of which had significant influence on Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.
5 days ago · Ptolemy VIII Physcon? War of Actium (32–30 BC) Rome supporting Mark Antony Ptolemaic Kingdom: Rome supporting Octavian: Defeat. Rome annexes Egypt. Cleopatra commits suicide. Cleopatra VII?
2 days ago · Coin of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Seleucid Syria in early 124 BC under Alexander II Zabinas, who ruled the country with the exception of the city of Ptolemais. After the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid Empire became increasingly unstable. Frequent civil wars made central authority tenuous at best.
4 days ago · Claudius Ptolemy lived in the city of Alexandria in Egypt from about 100 to 170 CE. At that time Egypt was a Roman province and Ptolemy may have been a Roman citizen. A geographer and astronomer, Ptomely's book Geographia, influenced mapmakers on questions such as the size of the earth for centuries. Geographia had been translated into Arabic ...
Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). Second reign, 145-116 BC. Æ 14 mm. 2.5 gm. Alexandreia mint. Struck 127-116 BC. Obv: Head of Zeus-Ammon right Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt with wings displayed; QE to left. Svoronos 1651; Weiser 167; SNG Copenhagen 655-656.
3 days ago · Life. Of Euclid’s life nothing is known except what the Greek philosopher Proclus (c. 410–485 ce) reports in his “summary” of famous Greek mathematicians. According to him, Euclid taught at Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy I Soter, who reigned over Egypt from 323 to 285 bce.
