Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemy I Soter (/ˈtɒləmi/; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr 'Ptolemy the Saviour',

Ptolemy I Soter
Bust in the Louvre
Pharaoh and Basileus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom
Reign	305/304 – 282 BC, Ptolemaic
Previous pharaoh	Alexander IV
Next pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Royal titulary Prenomen: stp.n-rꜤ mrj-jmn Setepenre meryamun Chosen by Ra and beloved of Amun < Nomen: ptwꜢlwmys Petualumys Ptolemaios Horus name: wr-pḥtj nsw-ḳnj Werpekhty nesuqeny Great of strength and brave king Nebty name: jṯj-m-sḫm ḥḳꜢ-ṯl Itjiemsekhem heqatjel He who has seized with power, the ruler of Sile
Consort(s)	Artakama Eurydice Berenice I
Children	With Thaïs (mistress): Lagus Leontiscus Eirene With Eurydice: Ptolemy Keraunos Meleager Unknown third son Ptolemais Lysandra With Berenice I: Arsinoe II Philotera Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Father	Lagus or Philip II of Macedon
Mother	Arsinoe
Born	c. 367 BC Possibly Pella, Macedon
Died	January 282 BC (aged 84–85) Alexandria, Egypt

Ptolemy I Soter Media

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  Ptolemaic coin showing Alexander the Great wearing an elephant scalp, a symbol of his conquest in India

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Latin: Ptolemaeus; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a general in the Greek army of Alexander the Great who was the king and pharaoh of ancient Egypt from 305/304 BC until he died. He was the first king of Egypt during the Hellenistic period. Ptolemy made Alexandria the capital city of Egypt. (The old capital was Memphis.) Ptolemy's children were the next kings of the Ptolemaic dynasty. This dynasty (line of rulers) controlled Egypt until the beginning of the Roman Empire.