The ptolemaic economy the cambridge economic history of the grecoroman world. Egypt 164163, 145, 127116 145 union with ptolemaic egypt. Other articles where ptolemaic dynasty is discussed. Ptolemy xv caesar, nicknamed caesarion little caesar lived june 23, 47 to august, 30 bc. It was ruled by the ptolemaic dynasty, which started with ptolemy i soter s accession after the death of. And it is against the backdrop of preptolemaic egypt that one can best. And it is against the backdrop of pre ptolemaic egypt that one can best. Employing greek and egyptian papyri and inscriptions, and building on approaches developed in stateformation theory, it offers a coherent account of how the changing structures of the army in egypt after alexanders conquest led to the development of an ethnically more integrated society. The eponymous priests of ptolemaic egypt chronological lists of the priests of alexandria and ptolemais with a study of the demotic transcriptions of their names. Under the guidance of his teacher, demetrius phalereus who was in turn a former pupil of aristotle, ptolemy built the museum and library of alexandria and invited scholars from all around the world to come and join the intellectual community of the city. The last pharaohs, the first detailed history of ptolemaic egypt as a state, departs radically from previous studies by putting the ptolemaic state. At the time, the end of the third intermediate period, egypt had been ruled as a persian satrapy for a decadeindeed that was the case in egypt off and on since the 6th century bce. This book is an attempt to provide it, and at the same time to bridge the wide gap between the different fields of antiquity and the different types of source material. Egyptian temples of the ptolemaic and roman periods provided the setting for the dramatic performance of various cultic activities, such as festivals.
This overview describes the nature, distribution national. Media in category ptolemaic dynasty the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Ptolemaic not comparable of or pertaining to the ptolemies, rulers of hellenistic egypt. This paper presents the data and the methods available to estimate the number of greeks immigrating and settling in ptolemaic egypt. Alexander promised to liberate them, and they put their full trust in him. Ptolemy i soter, the first king of ancient egypt s ptolemaic dynasty article by jimmy dunn in the ancient world, there is no surprise that military men often became rulers. Ptolemaic definition of ptolemaic by the free dictionary. Media in category ptolemaic temples the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. The ptolemies came to rule egypt after the arrival of alexander the great 356323 bce in 332 bce. Ptolemy i soter, the first king of ancient egypts ptolemaic. Alexandria had access to the mediterranean countries through its two sea harbors as well as access to the rest of egypt via the inland harbor on lake mariout. Ptolemaic egypt stands at the crossroads of egyptian and hellenistic history. A history of egypt under the ptolemaic dynasty internet archive. Their rule lasted for 275 years, from 305 bc to 30 bc.
Ptolemy i soter, the first king of ancient egypts ptolemaic dynasty article by jimmy dunn in the ancient world, there is no surprise that military men often became rulers. Erskine, a 1995, culture and power in ptolemaic egypt. Then, when alexander the great of macedon set out to dismantle the persian empire, he took egypt in 332 b. Ptolemaic kingdom wikipedia ptolemaic art was produced ptolemsico the reign of the ptolemaic rulers 30 bc ptollemaico, and was concentrated primarily within the bounds of the ptolemaic empire.
These men, most of whom rose through the military ranks, usually had considerable administrative skills and had proved themselves to be leaders. The grecomacedonian dynasty of the ptolemies, which ruled egypt from 322 until 30 bce, established early on a practice of incestuous marriage in the royal house. Greek city of alexandria, situated on a peninsula before the coast of egypt, a bit like. In a pdf file, one can search for each and any word. Ancient egypt macedonian and ptolemaic egypt 33230 bce. I shall argue that the evaluations generally proposed 10% of. Drawing primarily on hoards, but also on metrological and metallurgical analyses, the authors propose a relative chronology and classification for egyptian bronze coinage of the second century bc. When cleopatra died he was still pharaoh and it is thought that he was killed by octavian.
Manning stanford university department of classics building 20 stanford, ca 943052080 usa version of 30 june 2004 comments to. Read an outline of the history of ptolemaic and roman. Despite the strength of the ptolemaic army, evinced in 217 bc with the victory over the. Like most of the other armies of the diadochi, it was very much macedonian in style, with the use of the long pike sarissa in a deep phalanx formation.
All of the offices dealing with finances, agriculture, and recordkeeping were under his auspices. Pharaonic temples in upper egypt from the ptolemaic and roman. Three other fragmentary copies of the same decree were discovered later, and several similar egyptian bilingual or trilingual inscriptions are now known, including three slightly earlier ptolemaic decrees the decree of alexandria in 243 bc, the decree of canopus in 238 bc, and the memphis decree of ptolemy iv, c. It was ruled by the ptolemaic dynasty, which started with ptolemy i soter s accession after the death of alexander the great in 323 bc and which ended with. Pharaonic temples in upper egypt from the ptolemaic and. The administration of ptolemaic egypt was an amalgam of egyptian, saite, persian, and. And it is against the backdrop of pre ptolemaic egypt that one can best 12 on oriental despotism, see below, chapter. Vi philometor might even go to rome to sollicit roman help. Egypt before the pharaohs download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Army and society in ptolemaic egypt christelle fischer.
Ptolemaic synonyms, ptolemaic pronunciation, ptolemaic translation, english dictionary definition of ptolemaic. The great revolt of the egyptians 205186 bc uc berkeley library. The economy of ptolemaic egypt ancient history encyclopedia. Link to publication record in edinburgh research explorer document version.
As egypt came under foreign domination and decline, the pharaohs depended on the greeks as mercenaries and even advisors. Administration, ptolemaic egypt wiley online library. Ptolemaic egypt was a culturally and intellectually lively place. The last pharaohs, the first detailed history of ptolemaic egypt as a state, departs radically from previous studies by putting the ptolemaic state firmly in the context of both. Identity, burial practice, and social change in ptolemaic egypt. All the trade and goods transported by ship from across sea and by boat on the lake and the river nile, would pass through alexandria making it a very wealthy city. It is this last point, the understanding of its institutions, that is the key to any assessment of the ptolemaic economy.
It was ruled by the ptolemaic dynasty, which started with ptolemy i soters accession after the death of alexander the great in 323 bc and which ended with the death of cleopatra and the roman conquest. Pdf bronze coinage of ptolemaic egypt in the second century bc. Ptolemy, was one of alexander the greats generals and deputies. Manning by revealing the dynamics between central and local power in egypt, joe manning demonstrates that ptolemaic economic power ultimately shaped roman egyptian social and economic institutions. Egypt in particular the royal representations and the impact of such. Ptolemaic egypt stayed friendly with rome during the roman wars with carthage. The four pharaonic temples of dendera, esna, edfu and kom ombo, apart from their geographical location, all belong to the ptolemaic period dynasty of the ptolemies, the successors of alexander the great, which reigned between 304 and 30 bc and to the roman period between 30 bc and 395 ad even though they all replaced much older temples on the same sites. These men, most of whom rose through the military ranks, usually had considerable administrative skills and had proved themselves to. Ptolemaic egypt 332 30 bc when alexander marched on egypt, the egyptians had no reason to fear that this would be the beginning of the end of their status as an independent nation. The next section discusses the ecological context of egyptian land tenure.
Temple festivals of the ptolemaic and roman periods. But a patronclient relationship begins to develop in the second century bc, with rome as the most powerful party. Ptolemaic egypt 332 30 bc part 12 ancient egypt facts. Jul 25, 2018 the chief economic minister in ptolemaic egypt was the dioiketes, who was appointed by the ruling monarch to set egypts economic policies. For this approach for the hellenistic world, see above all reger 1994. Royal ptolemaic objects at the british museum varied between statues, stelae, temple. This is the only substantial and uptodate reference work on the ptolemaic army. Ancient egypt ancient egypt macedonian and ptolemaic egypt 33230 bce. Egypt in the ptolemaic period essay the metropolitan. Google drive or other file sharing services please confirm that you accept.
This is the illustrated itinerary based on a virtual nile cruise of egypt that includes the ptolemaic and. Thompson 2009 to which immigrants came from all over the eastern mediter ranean mueller 2006. Under the guidance of his teacher, demetrius phalereus who was in turn a former pupil of aristotle, ptolemy built the museum and library of alexandria and invited scholars from all around the world to. Archiving, erudition, and empire in ptolemaic egypt. Pdf court, chora, and culture in late ptolemaic egypt. Indigenous egyptian elites who held titles in the late ptolemaic court hierarchy offer a counterpoint to the typical model of hellenistic. I asked a question about the ptolemies over on raskhistorians and was recommended egypt in the age of cleopatra by michel chauveau it was a good read as well as the last pharaohs. All the trade and goods transported by ship from across sea and by boat on the lake and the river nile, would pass through alexandria making it. Ptolemaic dynasty simple english wikipedia, the free. This dissertation critically examines accepted ideas of ethnic identity in ptolemaic egypt through an archaeological analysis of patterns in mortuary behavior.
Oddly, while they ruled egypt, they never became egyptian. The ptolemaic army was the army of the ptolemaic macedonian kings that ruled egypt from 305 to 30 bc. Until the day when he openly assumed an independent kingship as ptolemy i soter, on november 7, 305 bce, ptolemy used only the title satrap of egypt, but the great hieroglyphic satrap stela, which he had inscribed in 311 bce, indicates a degree. By the end of the third century bc, for example, there was an independent bronze coinage, a fact that coincides well with the stronger ptolemaic institutional control throughout egypt. Berenice ii and the golden age of ptolemaic egypt offers a portrait of a woman who had access to the cultural riches of both greece and egypt and who navigated her way carefully through the possibilities that these assets presented to her, ultimately using them to accrue unprecedented honors thatwere all but equal to those of the king.
The history of ptolemaic egypt has usually been doubly isolatedseparated both from the history of other hellenistic states and from the history of ancient egypt. We can avoid some of the problems with the typology of the ptolemaic state by simply stating that it. Princetonstanford working papers in classics counting the greeks in egypt immigration in the first century of ptolemaic rule version 1. Royal land in ptolemaic egypt princeton university. Many years ago i began to feel the lack of a documented study of even the main aspects of alexandrian life in the ptolemaic period. On the death of alexanders last heirs, his conquests were divided among his generals. Royal incest and the ptolemaic dynastyresponse to michael m. Of or pertaining to the astronomer claudius ptolemy. This cus tom, which may have had a number of pragmatic functional pur. In the autumn of 332 bce alexander the great invaded egypt with his mixed army of macedonians and greeks and found the egyptians ready to throw off the oppressive control of the persians. Ptolemaic royal representations from this period show a stylised version of.
A comparative demographic perspective by walter scheidel and the oikos of alexandria by livia. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. The eponymous priests of ptolemaic egypt chronological. This paper examines the problem of ptolemaic incest from a variety of crossdisciplinary perspectives. Park has compared ancient egypt with the modern senegal river basin and has offered.
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