I. The Kingdom of Egypt.
The kingdom of Egypt had fourteen monarchs, including Cleopatra, after whose death, those dominions became a province of the Roman empire. All these princes had the common name of Ptolemy, but each of them was likewise distinguished by a peculiar surname. They had also the appellation of Lagides, from Lagus the father of that Ptolemy who reigned the first in Egypt. The fourth and fifth volumes contain the histories of six of these kings, and I shall give their names a place here, with the duration of their reigns, the first of which commenced immediately upon the death of Alexander the Great.
A.M. 3680.
Ptolemy Soter. He reigned thirty-eight years and some months.
A.M. 3718.
Ptolemy Philadelphus. He reigned forty years including the two years of his reign in the lifetime of his father.
3758.
Ptolemy Euergetes, twenty-five years.
3783.
Ptolemy Philopator, seventeen.
3800.
Ptolemy Epiphanes, twenty-four.
3824.
Ptolemy Philometor, thirty-four.