ptolemy life timeline |
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| Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. | Sunday, June 22nd, 0217 |
| Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy s Nabonassar Era. | Wednesday, February 26th, 0747 |
| Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum. | Friday, April 8th, 1149 |
| Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. | Friday, September 2nd, 2044 |
| Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. | Monday, September 28th, 2048 |
I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.