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  Ancient Egypt / Ptolemaic dynasty /Ptolemy 6 Philometor His reign was a period of heavy attacks from Egypt's neighbours, as well as the start of the internal conflicts that eventually would break the Ptolemaic dynasty.During his 5 first years in power, he was just a child and his mother served as regent.The Seleucid king Antiochus 4 invaded Egypt and took Ptolemy as prisoner. By Antiochus' intervention the brother of Ptolemy was invested with the power of Egypt in 170, known as king Ptolemy 7.After Ptolemy 6 was released, and Antiochus withdrew much of his influence over Egypt, the two brothers started to govern the country together. But the joint kingdom was not a peaceful one, and through the influence of Rome it was divided in 164. Ptolemy 7 got Cyrenaica.With the death of the Seleucid king Demetrius 1 in 150 BCE, Ptolemy 6 was offered the crown of this kingdom but he declined.Ptolemy 6 died in 145 BCE from wounds inflicted upon him in a battle in Syria.
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