Ptolemy IV Philopator – Egyptian Pharaohs kings – Ptolemaic Kingdom
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Ptolemy IV Philopator Facts
the young Macedonian king, Ptolemy IV, ruled the country and assumed the throne when he was still twenty-four years old..
He is the son of the great ruler Ptolemy III Euergetes, who achieved an important number of real achievements.
However, he was extremely weak in character, and at that time the de facto ruler who managed all the affairs of the country was his mother, Queen Onin “Female Pharaohs“, the most famous Pharaonic queen of Egypt..
But despite assuming all the duties of the throne as the mother of the ruler Ptolemy IV, she had expressed her strong dissatisfaction with her son’s wrong behavior in assuming the rule and administration of the country.
Accordingly, after that, she wanted to change the period of his rule so that his younger brother would be the one to assume power in his place, and his name was Magas..
But as a result of that thought that his mother was thinking about for the benefit of the country, her mother was killed by poisoning. Not only that, but he also killed at the same time a number of his brother and uncle..
How was his rule of the country?
In fact, during his reign, the Fourth Syrian War broke out when the Syrian king at that time, known as Antiochus III, attempted repeated operations to invade Egypt..
But unfortunately, Egypt had already fallen during the reign of Ptolemy IV and during his reign, and it became the vassal state of Syria, after the army of Antiochius III of Syria succeeded in occupying it..
At that time, all the Egyptian soldiers in Egypt and on its borders had revolted against the rule followed by Ptolemy IV in taking over the affairs of the country..
Accordingly, a new kingdom had arisen within the scope of Upper Egypt, as in the Geography of ancient Egypt, and under the special rule of the Egyptian king at that time, namely, Hor-Masheth, or Al-Ei, who was sometimes known as Hor-Nefer, and this matter was for a period of approximately 20 years, between the year 205 and the year 205. 185 BC.
the Delta region had separated at that time to be under the rule of a number of revolutionaries and a group of brave soldiers in the army Military of ancient Egypt, after their victory in the Battle of Rafah..
This valiant civil war continued for many years until in the end the value of the currency in Egypt had completely fallen.
At that time, Ptolemy IV had no choice but to seek the help of a group of mercenaries, as at that time it seemed that Ptolemy IV had played that religious card and succeeded greatly in convincing all the priests in the country to cooperate with him.
This was confirmed as he had recorded on the famous Rosetta Stone the extent of his gratitude to all the priests in Egypt..
What was his relationship with Rome during his rule?
In the beginning of the year 210 BC, King Hannibal’s attack on Italy had begun, and at that time he almost destroyed the Roman Empire in Egypt once and for all..
It also destroyed everything that Italian agriculture had been doing to the country’s economy for an entire decade.
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