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The late Ptolemy’s advisors murder Queen Arsinoe …
Years: 204BCE - 204BCE
The late Ptolemy’s advisors murder Queen Arsinoe about a year after his death, leaving the young successor, five-year old Ptolemy V at their mercy.
Sosibius becomes his guardian.
Events surrounding the death of Philopator and the succession of the youthful Epiphanes (205-180 BCE) are obscured by court intrigue.
According to the second-century BCE Greek historian Polybius, all prominent officials are banished from Egypt while Sosibius' clique announces the young king's accession and the death of his parents.
The Hellenistic rulers of Macedon and of the Syrian-based Seleucid kingdom, seeing an opportunity in Egypt's weakness, conspire to partition the kingdom's Asiatic and Aegean possessions.
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Years: 204BCE - 204BCE
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