NELC 064 Lecture 15: NELC 064 CLASS 15 10-29
26 Dec 2015
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One of children of ptolemy v & cleopatra i. Lots of sharing of the throne btwn him and his brother. Ptolemaic empire almost returns to its former power. Ptolemy vi comes to throne at age 6 at the death of his father ptolemy. Cleopatra i acts as regent: everything is fine here. However, when she dies, she leaves her young son on the throne alone. Threat of roman intervention with a child on the throne evil advisors want to avoid. Ptolemy vi celebrates a coming of age ceremony early (memphis) Marries younger sister, cleopatra ii (known as mother loving gods) 170: euleaus and lenaeus set out to invade coele- syria with an army. Antiochus iv met them and destroys the ptolemaic army before they. Antiochus iv then takes peleusium and enters egypt could get very far. Ptolemy the brother is put on the throne: also has a child and 2 new ministers, to take alexandria.
