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Ptolemy VI Philometor (Greek: Πτολεμαίος Φιλομήτωρ, ca. 186-145 BC) was a king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic period. He reigned from 180 to 145 BC.

Ptolemy succeeded in 180 at the age of about 6 and ruled jointly with his mother, Cleopatra I, until her death in 176 BC. The following year he married his sister, Cleopatra II.

In 170 BC, Antiochus IV began the sixth Syrian War and invaded Egypt twice. He was crowned as its king in 168, but abandoned his claim on the orders of the Roman Senate. From 169-164 Egypt was ruled by a triumvirate consisting of Ptolemy, his sister-queen and his younger brother known as Ptolemy VIII Physcon, but in 164 he was driven out by his brother and went to Rome to seek support, which he received from Cato. He was restored the following year by the intervention of the Alexandrians and ruled uneasily, cruelly suppressing frequent rebellions. In 152 BC he briefly ruled jointly with one of his sons, known as Ptolemy Eupator, but it is thought that Ptolemy Eupator died that same year.

He is reputed to have taken as eromenos a boy named Galestes, whom he loved not only for his good looks but also for his wisdom. (Aelian, Varia Historia, I.30) Ptolemy VI Philometer was killed in Syria, fighting against Alexander Balas.

External links

Ptolemy Philometor at LacusCurtius — (Chapter IX of E. R. Bevan's House of Ptolemy, 1923)
Ptolemy VI — (Egyptian Royal Genealogy)
Ptolemy VI Philometor entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith

Preceded by Ptolemy V Epiphanes Cleopatra I	Ptolemaic King of Egypt with Cleopatra I Cleopatra II Ptolemy VIII Physcon 181–164 BCE	Succeeded by Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Preceded by Ptolemy VIII Physcon	Ptolemaic King of Egypt with Cleopatra I Cleopatra II Ptolemy VIII Physcon Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator 163–145 BCE	Succeeded by Cleopatra II Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator

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Cleopatra I Syra (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Σύρα), c. 215–176 BC was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, the daughter of Antiochus III and Laodice.
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Cleopatra II (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα — c. 185–116 BC) was a queen (and briefly sole ruler) of Ptolemaic Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy V and Cleopatra I.
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes ([Ã¦nˈtɑi̯əkəs.ɛˈpɪfəniːz] Αντίοχος Επιφανής
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Syrian Wars were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC over the region of Coele-Syria, one of the few avenues into Egypt.
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Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Greek: Πτολεμαίος Ευεργέτης) (c. 182 BC–26 June 116 BC), nicknamed Physcon
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Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a republican form of government. The republican period began with the overthrow of the Monarchy c.
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Marcus Porcius Cato (Latin: MÂ·PORCIVSÂ·MÂ·FÂ·CATO ^[1]) (234 BC, Tusculum–149 BC) was a Roman statesman, surnamed the Censor (Censorius), Sapiens, Priscus, or the Elder (Major
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Ptolemy Eupator was for a short time in 152 BC joint ruler with his father Ptolemy VI Philometor. It is thought that Ptolemy Eupator died that same year.

Eupator is only attested on monumental inscriptions, and when he was first discovered, there was a theory that he was an
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eromenos (Greek ἐρώμενος, pl. "eromenoi") was an adolescent boy who was in a love relationship with an adult man, known as the erastes (ἐραστής).
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The name Aelian or Aelianus may refer to one of three people:

Aelianus Tacticus, a Greek military writer of the 2nd century, who lived in Rome
Casperius Aelianus, a Praetorian Prefect, executed by Trajan
Claudius Aelianus

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Alexander Balas (Greek Ἀλέξανδρoς Bάλας), ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom 150-146 BC, was a native of Smyrna of humble origin, but gave himself out to be the son of
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Ptolemy V Epiphanes (Greek: Πτολεμαίος Επιφανής, Ptolemaios, Epiphanis
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Cleopatra I Syra (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Σύρα), c. 215–176 BC was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, the daughter of Antiochus III and Laodice.
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Cleopatra II (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα — c. 185–116 BC) was a queen (and briefly sole ruler) of Ptolemaic Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy V and Cleopatra I.
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Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Greek: Πτολεμαίος Ευεργέτης) (c. 182 BC–26 June 116 BC), nicknamed Physcon
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Cleopatra I Syra (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Σύρα), c. 215–176 BC was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, the daughter of Antiochus III and Laodice.
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