Antiochus Ii Theos

Antiochus Ii Theos

male
Greco-Indian, PtolemyIIofEgypt, Stratonice, berenice, bactria, Ptolemy II…Diodotus of Bactria
Antiochus II Theos (286-246 BC), was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom who reigned 261-246 BC). He succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter...
Ptolemy Keraunos

Ptolemy Keraunos

male
ancient greek, macedonian, Ptolemaic dynasty, macedon, monarch, greek…Ptolemy II, battle of Corupedium, PtolemyIIofEgypt, Arsinoe II
Ptolemy Keraunos was the King of Macedon from 281 BC to 279 BC. He was the eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter (ruler of Egypt) and his third wife...
Magas Of Cyrene

Magas Of Cyrene

male
ancient greek, Ptolemaic dynasty, berenice, libya, cyrene, Ptolemy I…Ptolemy I of Egypt, PtolemyIIofEgypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos
Magas of Cyrene (r. 276 - 250 BCE) was a Greek king of Cyrene (today's Libya). He managed to wrestle independence for Cyrene from the Greek...

Berenice I ofEgypt

female
Ancient Egyptian women in warfare, Idylls, Berenicis, Berenice I, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, Arsinoe II…PtolemyIIofEgypt, Ptolemy I of Egypt, Ptolemy I
Berenice I, daughter of Magas, was first the wife of Philip, an obscure Macedonian nobleman, with whom she gave birth to the future Magas of...
Demetrius The Fair

Demetrius The Fair

male
constellation, PtolemyIIofEgypt, Ptolemy III, Cyrenaica, Antigonus Gonatas, Demetrius Poliorcetes
Demetrius the Fair was a Macedonian prince. He was an illegitimate son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, sometime king of Macedon, and was half-brother of...

Etazeta Of Bithynia

female
ancient greek, macedon, Women in ancient warfare, byzantium, Queen regnant, Bithynia…Antigonus II of Macedon, PtolemyIIofEgypt
Etazeta was the second wife of Nicomedes I, king of Bithynia. An ambitious woman, she was able to persuade her husband to exclude his sons by his...
Arsinoe II of Egypt II of Egypt

Arsinoe IIofEgyptIIofEgypt

female
Alexandria, Lysimachus of Thrace, PtolemyIIofEgypt, First Syrian War, Syrian Wars, ruler…Arsinoe II
Arsinoe II (316-July 270 BC), queen of Thrace and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II of Egypt. Arsinoe II was first...

Sosibius Of Tarentum

male
from Taranto, ancient greek, PtolemyIIofEgypt, Ptolemy Philopator, Sosibius, Ptolemy Philadelphus…Ptolemy IV of Egypt, Ptolemaic Egypt
Sosibius was a Tarentine, one of the captains of the body-guards of Ptolemy Philadelphus (283-246 BC), king of Egypt. It is not improbable he may...
Arsinoe I of Egypt I of Egypt

Arsinoe I ofEgypt I ofEgypt

female
Ptolemaic dynasty, Queen, thrace, coptos, Hellenistic Egyptian, Queen regnant…Ptolemy III of Egypt, PtolemyIIofEgypt
Arsinoe I (305/295-?) was queen of Egypt 284/1-ca. 274 BC and first wife of Ptolemy II of Egypt. Arsinoe I was the daughter of Lysimachus, king of...

Lysimachus OfEgypt

male
thrace, PtolemyIIofEgypt, Ptolemy Epiphanes, Sosibius, Arsinoë, Ptolemy Philadelphus…Ptolemy IV of Egypt, Ptolemy III of Egypt, Ptolemy V of Egypt
Lysimachus was a son of king Ptolemy Philadelphus (283-246 BC) by Arsinoe, the daughter of Lysimachus, king of Thrace. He survived both his brother...