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Arsinoe I: Quick Facts

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Flourished c.300 BCE - c.251 BCE
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Arsinoe II
queen of Thrace, Macedonia and Egypt
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Saint Methodius
Christian theologian
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Saint Cyril
Christian theologian
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
Stone relief carving of Queen Cleopatra in profile holding a scepter and ankh, with hieroglyphic inscriptions, on the wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
Cleopatra
queen of Egypt
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Seleucid king
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Antigonus I Monophthalmus
king of Macedonia
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Mithradates VI Eupator
Mithradates VI Eupator
king of Pontus
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Antigonus II Gonatas
king of Macedonia
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Macedonian king of Egypt
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Antiochus I Soter
Seleucid king
Svetlana Mojsov
Svetlana Mojsov
Yugoslavian-born Macedonian American chemist
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Macedonian king of Egypt
Philip V
Philip V
king of Macedonia
Ptolemy VI Philometor, portrait on a silver tetradrachm; in the British Museum
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Macedonian king of Egypt