Arsinoe II.

Head of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309 BC-246 BC), with Arsinoe II (316-270 BC). Ptolemy II Philadelphus ( Greek:, Ptolemaĩos Philádelphos, 309 BC&ndash246 BC was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BC to 246 BC Events By place Asia Minor Ptolemy personally commands a fleet that captures the coastal regions of Lycia and Caria Events By place Egypt Egypt's Ptolemy II dies and is succeeded by his son Ptolemy III.

Arsinoe II (Greek: Αρσινόη) (316 BC-July 270 BC), queen of Thrace and Macedonia and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II of Egypt. Events By place Macedonian Empire Eumenes and Antigonus, rivals to Cassander for control of Macedonia meet in the Battle Events By place Roman Republic Rome's subjugation of Italy is completed by the recapture of Rhegium (in southern Italy Thrace (Тракия Trakiya or "Trakija" or Trakia, Θράκη Thráki, Trakya is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Ptolemy II Philadelphus ( Greek:, Ptolemaĩos Philádelphos, 309 BC&ndash246 BC was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BC to 246 BC She was the daughter of king Ptolemy I Soter (Greek : Πτολεμαίος Σωτήρ, which means savior), the founder of the Hellenistic state of Egypt, and his second wife Berenice I.

Arsinoe II was, at the age of 15, married to King Lysimachus of Thrace, (Greek : Λυσίμαχος) to whom she bore three sons, Ptolemy, Lysimachus and Philip. Lysimachus ( Greek: Λυσίμαχος Lysimachos; 360 BCE - 281 BCE was a Macedonian officer and diadochus (i In order to position her sons for the throne, she had Lysimachus's first son, Agathocles, poisoned on account of treason. After Lysimachus' death in battle in 281 BC, she fled to Cassandrea (Greek : Κασσάνδρεια), Greece and married her half-brother Ptolemy Keraunos, son of Ptolemy I from his first wife, Euridice. Events By place Asia Minor The Battle of Corupedium in Lydia is the last battle of the Diadochi, the rival successors Ptolemy Keraunos ( Greek Πτολεμαίος Κεραυνός - 279 BC was the King of Macedon from 281 BC to 279 BC The marriage was for political reasons as they both claimed the throne of Macedonia / Thrace (by the time of his death Lysimachus was ruler of both regions, and his power extended to south Greece as well). Their relationship was never good. As Ptolemy Keraunos was becoming more powerful, she decided it was time to stop him and conspired against him with her sons. This action caused Ptolemy Keraunus to kill two of her sons, Lysimachus and Philip, while the elder, Ptolemy, was able to escape and to flee north, to the kingdom of the Dardanians. She herself went to Alexandria, Egypt to seek protection from her brother, Ptolemy II. Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια

In Egypt, she continued her intrigues and probably instigated the accusation and exile of her brother Ptolemy II's first wife, Arsinoe I of Egypt. Arsinoe I ( 305 / 295 -? was queen of Egypt 284 / 1 -ca 274 BC and first wife of Ptolemy II of Egypt. Arsinoe II then married her brother; as a result, both were given the epithet "Philadelphoi" ("Brother-Loving") by the presumably scandalized Greeks. Arsinoe II shared all of her brother's titles and apparently was quite influential, having towns dedicated to her, her own cult (as was Egyptian custom), and appearing on coinage. Apparently, she contributed greatly to foreign policy, including Ptolemy's victory in the First Syrian War (274-271 BC) between Egypt and the Seleucid Empire in the Middle East. Syrian Wars were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC over the region of Coele-Syria Events By place Greece Pyrrhus returns from Italy and Sicily and invades Macedonia driving Antigonus Events By place Greece With the restoration of the territories captured by Pyrrhus, and with grateful allies in Sparta and The Seleucid Empire /sə'lusɪd/ ( 312 - 63 BC) was a Hellenistic empire i The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. After her death, Ptolemy II continued to refer to her on official documents, as well as supporting her coinage and cult. He also established her worship as a Goddess, a clever move, because by doing this he established also his own worship as a God.

External links

• Coin with her portrait
• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Arsinoe II entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith