Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt by Ian Worthington ebook E-book PDF

Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt

• Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt
• Illustrated Edition
• by Ian Worthington (Author)  
• Format: PDF

When Rome defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra and annexed Egypt, the rule of the longest-lived of the Hellenistic dynasties and one of the most illustrious in Egyptian history came to an end. For nearly three hundred years, the Macedonian dynasty known as the Ptolemaic had controlled Egypt and its mixed population of Egyptians, Greeks, Macedonians, and Jews. The founder of this dynasty, Ptolemy I (367-283/2 BC), was a boyhood friend and eventually personal bodyguard of Alexander the Great, who fought alongside Alexander in the epic battles that toppled the Persian Empire, and brought about a Macedonian Empire stretching from Greece to India.