| B. C. | ||||
| 323 | May 30, | Death of Alexander, Nab. 424 Ol. CXIII, 4. | ||
| 323 | Oct. | Ptolemy Soter arrives in Egypt. | ||
| 285 | End. | 39 | Ptolemy places Philadelphus on the throne. | |
| 284 | Nov. 2 | 1 | Philadelphus. | |
| 246 | Sum. | 38 | : 1 | of Evergetes. |
| 221 | Sum. | 25 | : 1 | of Philopator. |
| 204 | March 29, | 17 | : 1 | of Epiphanes. |
| 180 | March | 24 | : 1 | of Philometor. |
| 146 | Aut. | 35 | : 1 | of Evergetes II. [Eupator.] |
| 117 | Oct. | 29 | : 1 | of Lathurus. |
| 107 | Sum. | 10 | Lathurus expelled; Alexander reigns. | |
| 88 | Sum. | 29 | Lathurus restored: Alexander dies. | |
| 81 | Middle | 36 | : 1 | Lathurus dies, Berenice reigns 6 months: Alexander II. |
| 72 | Beg. | 8 | : 1 | Ptolemy Auletes, “22 years” only. |
| 51 | Spr. | “22” | : 1 | Cleopatra with her brother Ptolemy. |
| 47 | July | 5 | of Cleopatra: 1 of Ptolemy the younger. | |
| 44 | July | 8 | Ptolemy poisoned early in the year. | |
| 41 | Jul | 11 | Caesarion takes the title of king; [the Neocaesar of the Hieroglyphical alphabet.] | |
| 30 | Sept. 2 | 22 | Battle of Actium. | |
| 29 | Aug. 1 | 22 | Cleopatra kills herself. Egypt a Roman Province. |
iv. Mr. St. Martin’s Chronology of the Ptolemies. Recherches sur la Mort d’Alexandre, 8 Par. 1820.
| Nabon | B. C. | |||
| 424 | 324 | June | 22 | Death of Alexander Ol. CXIII, 4. |
| 323 | Nov. | 8 | Ptolemy Soter governor of Egypt, 17 years. | |
| 306 | Nov. | 1 | Ptolemy Soter king; reigns 21 years. | |
| 285 | Nov. | 7 | Soter and his son Philadelphus reign, 2 years. | |
| 283 | Oct. | 17 | Philadelphus; reigns alone 36 years. | |
| 247 | Nov. | 8 | Ptolemy Evergetes; reigns 25 years. | |
| 222 | Nov. | 2 | Ptolemy Philopator; reigns 17 years. | |
| “210 | Oct. | 9 | Ptolemy Epiphanes associated in the crown.” | |
| “208 | Oct. | 28 | First year named after Epiphanes with his father.” | |
| 205 | Oct. | 13 | Epiphanes reigns alone, 24 years. | |
| 199 | March | 28 | Anticipated coronation of Epiphanes. | |
| 181 | Oct. | 28 | Ptolemy Philometor reigns alone 11 years. | |
| 170 | Oct. | 29 | With Evergetes II. [Eupator] 6 years. | |
| 164 | Oct. | 21 | Alone again, 18 years; Evergetes at Cyrene. | |
| 146 | Nov. | 2 | Evergetes II. alone 29 years. | |
| 117 | Nov. | 10 | Soter II. [Lathurus] with Cleopatra 10 years. | |
| 114 | Nov. | 8 | Alexander I. reigns 7 years in Cyprus. | |
| 107 | Oct. | 21 | Alexander reigns 18 years: Soter in Cyprus. | |
| 89 | Nov. | 1 | Soter II. restored, reigns 8 years. | |
| 82 | Oct. | 17 | Last of Soter: Berenice reigns 6 months; Alexander II. 19 days. | |
| 81 | Nov. | 4 | Ptolemy Auletes; reigns 29 years. | |
| 59 | Feb. | 24 | In the Roman year beginning this day, Auletes was acknowledged king by the Senate. | |
| 58 | Feb. | 14 | He was driven out of Egypt after this day, which was the beginning of a Roman year. | |
| 58 | Oct. | 21 | Cleopatra Tryphaena and Berenice; 1 year. | |
| 57 | Nov. | 7 | Berenice; 2 years with Cybiosactes and Archelaus. | |
| 55 | May | 2 | Auletes had been re-established. | |
| 52 | Nov. | 12 | Cleopatra with the elder Ptolemy; 4 years. | |
| 48 | June | 29 | Battle of Pharsalia. | |
| 47 | Feb. | 6 | Alexandria taken by Caesar; death of Ptolemy. | |
| 47 | Oct. | 18 | Cleopatra with the younger Ptolemy. | |
| 44 | Oct. | 15 | Cleopatra alone; 14 years. | |
| 31 | Sept. | 2 | Battle of Actium. | |
| Oct. | 21 | Last year of Cleopatra begins. | ||
| 30 | Aug. | 1 | Alexandria taken by Augustus: end of the Lagidae. |
Mr. St. Martin being the latest chronologist, that has examined these dates, I have thought it right to insert his table, which I suppose to be correct in the principal part of its foundation, although I cannot readily believe that he is right in attributing to the Ptolemies the observance of the Macedonian year rather than of the Egyptian. He says that in Egypt, as all the world knows, the years of the sovereigns were reckoned from the first day of the year, in which they took the reins of government: meaning by this the first day of the Macedonian year: it appears, however, unquestionable from almost every inscription and manuscript found in Egypt, which exhibits a date, that the Egyptian months and years were employed almost exclusively in that country. It happens, however, that about the time in question, the beginning of these years did not vary very exorbitantly from each other: the Egyptian year having begun in September, October, November or December: and the Macedonian, according to Mr. St. Martin, in October or November.
v. Genealogy of the Ptolemies, from Champollion Figeac I, p. 231.
| Reigns. | Names and Descriptions. | Reigned. | Death. | Wives. | Children. |
| I. | SOTER. Son of Lagos and Arsinoe, first governor, then King. | 39y. 5m. | Natural. | 1. | |
| 2. | [Arsinoe.] | ||||
| 3. Eurydice, d. of Antipater. | Ceraunus: seized the crown of Macedonia. | ||||
| 4. Berenice died old. | Philadelphus: succeeded him. | ||||
| II. | PHILADELPHUS. Son of Soter and Berenice. | 37y. 11m. | Natural. | 1. Arsinoe d. of Lysimachus, and of his sister. | Evergetes. |
| 2. Arsinoe, her mother. | None. | ||||
| III. | EVERGETES: Tryphon; son of Philadelphus and Arsinoe. | 25y. | Poisoned by his son. | Berenice, daughter of Magas. | Philopator. Magas: put to death by his brother. Arsinoe. |
| IV. | PHILOPATOR: Gallus; son of Evergetes and Berenice. | 16y. 5m. | Natural. | Arsinoe his sister: killed by her husband. | Epiphanes. |
| V. | EPIPHANES. Son of Philopator and Arsinoe. | 24y. | Poisoned. | Cleopatra, d. of the king of Syria, survived him 8y. | Philometor. Cacergetes. Cleopatra. |
| VI. | PHILOMETOR. Son of Epiphanes and Cleopatra. | 11y. | |||
| VII. | EVERGETES II: Physcon Cacergetes. Philologus. [Eupator.] Brother of Philometor. | 4y. | |||
| VIII. | PHILOMETOR and EVERGETES. | 2 y. | |||
| IX. | PHILOMETOR. | 18 y. | Fall from his horse. | Cleopatra his sister. | A son: killed by his uncle. Cleop. Cocce. |
| X. | EVERGETES II. | 29 y. | Natural. | 1. Cleopatra, his brother’s widow, repudiated. | Memphites killed by his father. Lathurus. |
| 2. Cleopatra Cocce, her daughter. | Alexander Tryphaena: married Antiochus. Cleopatra: m. Lathurus, k. by Tryph. Selene: m. Lathurus; afterwards Antiochus. | ||||
| XI. | SOTER II: Lathurus: Pothinus. With Cleopatra Cocee, his mother. | 10 y. | (Deposed.) | 1. Cleopatra, his sister. repudiated. | Berenice. |
| 2. Selene: repudiated, and given to Antiochus. | |||||
| 3. A concubine. | Auletes. Another son, who reigned in Cyprus, and killed himself. Cleopatra. | ||||
| XII. | ALEXANDER. Parisactes; his brother. With Cleopatra Cocee. | 17y. 6m. | Killed in battle, after killing his mother. | Uncertain. | Alexander II. A daughter: killed with him. |
| XIII. | SOTER II, again. | 8y. | Natural. | ||
| XIV. | BERENICE, daughter of Soter. | 6m. | Killed by Alexander II. | ||
| XV. | ALEXANDER II. Son of Alexander. | “8y. 3m.” [19 d.] | “Dies at Tyre.” | Berenice; whom he killed. | |
| XVI. | NEUS DIONYSUS: Auletes. Natural son of Lathurus. | “16y.” | Cleopatra. | Berenice. Cleopatra. Ptolemy: dr. Ptolemy: pois. Arsinoe, left Egypt. | |
| XVII. | BERENICE, daughter of Auletes. | 2y. | Killed by her father. | ||
| XVIII. | AULETES. | 2y. | Natural. | ||
| XIX. | PTOLEMY the elder and Cleopatra, children of Auletes. | 3y. | Drowned after a battle. | Cleopatra his sister. | |
| XX. | PTOLEMY the younger and Cleopatra. | 4y. 6m. | Poisoned by his wife. | Cleopatra his sister. | |
| XXI. | CLEOPATRA, alone. | 14y. 3m. | Killed herself. | By Julius Caesar. | Caesarion. |
| By Antony. | A son. A son. A daughter: carried in triumph by Augustus. |
vi. Approximate dates of the various Reigns; according to Porphyry and to the Medals.
OMISSION IN CHAPTER VI.
Page 115. At the end, add. To administer these rites, and to renew these offerings, at least as often as could be required, was apparently the duty of the priests, and they were no doubt amply remunerated for their attentions, by the families of the deceased, in the form of the “collections,” which are the objects of sale in Mr. Grey’s papyrus. The deed was registered 19 days after its execution.