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Ptolemy I Soter: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born c.367 BCE or 366 • Macedonia
Died c.283 BCE or c.282 BCE • Egypt
Title / Office governor (323BC-305BC), Egypt • satrap (323BC-305BC), Egypt • king (305BC-285BC), Egypt
Founder Ptolemaic dynasty
Notable Family Members spouse Berenice I

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Ptolemy VI Philometor, portrait on a silver tetradrachm; in the British Museum
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