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Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter, portrait on a silver tetradrachm; in the British Museum
Ptolemy I Soter gained control of Cyrenaica in 322 BCE by taking advantage of internal disturbances within the region to acquire its Hellenic towns. Following this initial acquisition, his possession of Cyrene was formally confirmed during the redistribution of satrapies at Triparadisus in 321–320 BCE, where he was recognized as the ruler of Egypt and Cyrenaica under the regency of Antipater.1