Ptolemy III Euergetes: Egypt at Its Height (246–221 BCE)

246 BCE · İskenderiye · political

The greatest patron of everything from music to mathematicians; the golden age of the Mouseion; the legend of the Lock of Berenice; by sacking the Seleucid capital he had shiploads of papyrus brought back for the library.

Egypt came to possess Cyprus and a number of Aegean islands.

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What was Ptolemy III Euergetes: Egypt at Its Height (246–221 BCE)?
The greatest patron of everything from music to mathematicians; the golden age of the Mouseion; the legend of the Lock of Berenice; by sacking the Seleucid capital he had shiploads of papyrus brought back for the library.
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246 BCE
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