Hellenistic dynasty founded by Ptolemy I after Alexander, ruling Egypt from Alexandria until Cleopatra VII.
The Ptolemaic Kingdom ended in 30 BCE when Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony were defeated by Octavian (Augustus) at the Battle of Actium (31 BCE) and subsequently committed suicide; Octavian annexed Egypt as a Roman imperial province, making it the personal property of the Roman emperor.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Ptolemaic Kingdom — the shape you scrub through changes in 305 BC · 250 BC · 150 BC.
Covers the Ptolemaic period from Alexander to Cleopatra.
A biography centered on the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt.
Bestselling historical novel narrated by Cleopatra VII, covering the final decades of the Ptolemaic Kingdom; popular historical fiction rather than a literary classic, graded medium.