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People: Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus

Ptolemy, adhering to a defensive foreign policy, …

Years: 290BCE - 290BCE

Ptolemy, adhering to a defensive foreign policy, has secured Egypt against external enemies and expanded it by means of directly controlled foreign possessions and hegemonic administrations.

He has not, however, neglected to devote attention to the internal organization of the country and to provide for a successor, in 290 making his third wife Berenice queen of Egypt.

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