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Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (308-246): second ruler of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 282 to 246 BCE.
Relatives
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus - Mother: Berenice I
- First wife: Arsinoe I
- Sons: Ptolemy "the son"; Ptolemy III Euergetes; Lysimachus
- Daughter: Berenice Phernephorus (married to Antiochus II Theos)
- Second wife: his sister Arsinoe II
Main deeds
- 308: Born on the isle of Kos
- 285: Marries Arsinoe I
- 284: Birth of Ptolemy III Euergetes
- 27 January 282: Crowned as pharaoh; counts his regnal years from 285
- 280-279: Brief but successful war against Antiochus I Soter (First Syrian War, first part): Ptolemy conquers Ionia, Caria, Lycia, Pamphylia, and parts of Cilicia.
- 279: Arsinoe I is accused of a conspiracy and exiled to southern Egypt. Ptolemy III is from now on officially regarded as son of his sister Arsinoe II
- Between 279 and 274: Ptolemy II marries Arsinoe II and is called Philadelphos, "man who loves his sister"; they are both venerated as theoi adelphoi; the royal cult is connected with the cult of Alexander the Great
- 278-274: Expansion in Arabia; founding of Philadelphia and Scythopolis?
- 275: Expedition to Nubia; founding of Berenice, a new port on the Red Sea; insurrection of Magas of Cyrene, who allies himself to Antiochus
- 275/274: Ptolemaic festival
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II - 273: Treaty with Rome (Livy, Periochae 14.6.)
- 268/267: Beginning of co-regency of Ptolemy the Son
- 267-261: Ptolemy supports Athens and Sparta in the Chremonidian War, against the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas
- 260: Outbreak of the Second Syrian War; with his ally Eumenes I of Pergamon, Ptolemy achieves some successes against Antiochus II Theos
- 259: Ptolemy the Son revolts; Antiochus finds an ally in Antigonus II
- 259/258: New fiscal laws for Egypt
- 255: Antigonus defeats Ptolemy near Kos
- 254: Peace between Egypt and Macedonia
- 253: Peace with Antiochus II Theos, who repudiates his wife Laodice and marries Ptolemy's daughter Berenice Phernephorus
- 251?: Peace with Magas of Cyrene; Magas' daughter Berenice will marry Ptolemy III
- 250 or 249: Death of Magas, who is succeeded by Demetrius the Fair, the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes
- Demetrius the Fair is assassinated; Cyrene recovered for the Ptolemaic empire
- 28 January 246: Death
 Herculaneum, Villa of the Papyri, Ptolemy II Philadelphus |
 Ptolemy II Philadelphus wearing an elephant's scalp |
 Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II |
 Ptolemy II Philadelphus |
Egyptian title: Userkaenre Meryamun ("Mighty Ka of Ra, beloved by Amun")
Succeeded by: Ptolemy III Euergetes
Information on the web
- E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter 3.