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Ptolemy of Cyprus was the king of Cyprus c. 80-58 BC. He was the younger brother of Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egypt, and, like him, a son of Ptolemy IX Lathyros. He was also the uncle of Cleopatra VII . Reign over Cyprus.
Ptolemy II of Telmessos, grandson of Ptolemy Epigonos, flourished second half of 3rd century BC and first half of 2nd century BC; Ptolemy of Cyprus, king of Cyprus c. 80–58 BC, younger brother of Ptolemy XII Auletes; Health
The goal of this paper is to examine the model of Ptolemaic hegemonic control at work in Cyprus from the perspective of Hellenistic state formation and the epigraphic representation of power in imperial and local terms.
Summary. Cyprus under the Ptolemies continued to be exploited by the ruling power, and more efficiently than had been its lot hitherto. For with the suppression of the petty kingdoms, or their reduction to mere shadows, all their resources flowed into the treasury of Egypt except in so far as, when the island was under separate rule, they may ...
Sep 7, 2023 · Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 to c. 170 CE) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer. His works survived antiquity and the Middle Ages intact, and his theories, particularly on a geocentric...
- Mark Cartwright
- Claudius Ptolemy is best known for being a 2nd-century Alexandrian astronomer who created a model of the universe with Earth as its centre. Ptolemy...
- Claudius Ptolemy's theory of the universe is that Earth is at the centre while the other planets and the Sun move around it. These heavenly bodies...
- Claudius Ptolemy's world map was relatively accurate for the Mediterranean region, but because nobody had been there, other parts of the world were...
Ptolemy lost Cyprus to Demetrius Poliorcetes after the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC.. Second period (287–217 BC) Cyprus was regained by Ptolemy after the death of Demetrius Poliorcetes in 287, but there is no certain evidence for a governor of Cyprus for the rest of his reign, or during the reigns of his successors, Ptolemy II Philadelphus (283–246 BC) and Ptolemy III Euergetes (246–222 BC).
Sep 23, 2020 · Ptolemy himself continued his conquest of Cyprus, strategically placed opposite the Phoenician coast. After his stay on the island in 309, he moved to the west, gaining influence in Pamphylia, Lycia, and Caria, and especially on the island of Cos at the entrance of the Aegean Sea.
