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323 BC - Ptolemy was born.
318 BC - His first occupation of Syria and he established at the same time a protectorate over the petty kings of Cyprus.
312 BC - Ptolemy and Seleucus, the fugitive satrap of Babylonia, both invaded Syria, and defeated Demetrius Poliorcetes, the son of Antigonus, in the Battle of Gaza.
324 BC - At the Susa marriage festival, Alexander had him marry the Persian princess Atacama.
323 BC - When Alexander died, Ptolemy is said to have instigated the resettlement of the empire made at Babylon.
321 BC - Perdiccas invaded Egypt. Ptolemy decided to defend the Nile, and Perdiccas's attempt to force it ended in fiasco, with the loss of 2000 men.
295 BC - 294 BC - He lost what he held in Greece, but reconquered Cyprus. Cyrene, after a series of rebellions, was finally subjugated about 300 and placed under his stepson Magas.
285 BC - Ptolemy abdicated in favour of one of his younger sons by Berenice - Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who had been co-regent for three years.
283 BC - Ptolemy I Soter died at the age of 84. Shrewd and cautious, he had a compact and well-ordered realm to show at the end of forty years of war.
318 BC - His first occupation of Syria and he established at the same time a protectorate over the petty kings of Cyprus.
312 BC - Ptolemy and Seleucus, the fugitive satrap of Babylonia, both invaded Syria, and defeated Demetrius Poliorcetes, the son of Antigonus, in the Battle of Gaza.
324 BC - At the Susa marriage festival, Alexander had him marry the Persian princess Atacama.
323 BC - When Alexander died, Ptolemy is said to have instigated the resettlement of the empire made at Babylon.
321 BC - Perdiccas invaded Egypt. Ptolemy decided to defend the Nile, and Perdiccas's attempt to force it ended in fiasco, with the loss of 2000 men.
295 BC - 294 BC - He lost what he held in Greece, but reconquered Cyprus. Cyrene, after a series of rebellions, was finally subjugated about 300 and placed under his stepson Magas.
285 BC - Ptolemy abdicated in favour of one of his younger sons by Berenice - Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who had been co-regent for three years.
283 BC - Ptolemy I Soter died at the age of 84. Shrewd and cautious, he had a compact and well-ordered realm to show at the end of forty years of war.
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