Ptolemy VI Philometor

Ptolemy VI Philometor (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Φιλομήτωρ, Ptolemaĩos Philomḗtōr, ca. 186–145 BC) wis a keeng o Egyp frae the Ptolemaic period. He reigned frae 180 tae 145 BC.

Ptolemy succeedit in 180 at the age o about 6 an ruled jointly wi his mither, Cleopatra I, till her daith in 176 BC. The follaein year he married his sister, Cleopatra II.

In 170 BC, Antiochus IV began the saxt Sirian War an invaded Egyp twice. He wis crouned as its keeng in 168, but abandoned his claim on the orders o the Roman Senate.

Frae 169–164, Egyp wis ruled bi a triumvirate consistin o Ptolemy, his sister-queen an his younger brither kent as Ptolemy VIII Physcon. In 164 he wis driven oot bi his brither an went tae Rome tae seek support, which he received frae Cato. He wis restored the follaein year bi the intervention o the Alexandrians an ruled uneasily, cruelly suppressin frequent rebellions.

In 152 BC, he briefly ruled jointly wi ane o his sons, kent as Ptolemy Eupator, but it is thought that Ptolemy Eupator dee'd that same year.

Freemit airtins

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

Precedit bi Ptolemy V Epiphanes Cleopatra I	Ptolemaic King of Egypt with Cleopatra I Cleopatra II Ptolemy VIII Physcon 181–164 BCE	Succeedit bi Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Precedit bi Ptolemy VIII Physcon	Ptolemaic King o Egypt with Cleopatra I Cleopatra II Ptolemy VIII Physcon Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator 163–145 BCE	Succeedit bi Cleopatra II Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator

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