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3 unusual facts about Ptolemy V Epiphanes


Epiphanes

Ptolemy V Epiphanes (reigned 204–181 BC), ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty

Famine Stela

The language and layout used in the inscription suggests that the work can be dated to the Ptolemaic period, perhaps during the reign of king Ptolemy V (205 – 180 BC).

Ptolemy Apion

His paternal grandparents were Egyptian Greek Pharaoh Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Egyptian Greek Queen who was a Greek princess of the Seleucid Empire Cleopatra I of Egypt.



see also

Agathocles of Egypt

They also formed a conspiracy with Sosibius aimed at placing Agathocles on the throne or at least making him regent for the new boy king, Ptolemy V Epiphanes.