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Ptolemy I Soter

367 BC - 283 BC

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Ptolemy I Soter (; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr, "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered on Egypt. Ptolemy was basileus and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 305/304 BC to his death in 282 BC, and his descendants continued to rule Egypt until 30 BC. During their rule, Egypt became a thriving bastion of Hellenistic civilization and Alexandria a great seat of Greek culture. Ptolemy I was the son of Arsinoe of Macedon by either her husband Lagus or Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ptolemy I Soter is the 27th most popular military personnel (down from 15th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Greece (down from 34th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Ptolemy I Soter is most famous for his victory over Antigonus at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC. He is also known for his construction of the Library of Alexandria.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ptolemy I Soter ranks 27 out of 2,058. Before him are Flavius Aetius, Jochi, Simo Häyhä, Belisarius, William Wallace, and Themistocles. After him are Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Cao Cao, Erich von Manstein, Cesare Borgia, Jan Žižka, and Wilhelm Keitel.

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Among people born in 367 BC, Ptolemy I Soter ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 283 BC, Ptolemy I Soter ranks 1. After him are Chanakya, Demetrius I of Macedon, and Agathocles.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ptolemy I Soter ranks 37 out of 1,024. Before him are Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Demosthenes (-384), Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Gorgias (-483), and Themistocles (-524). After him are Cleisthenes (-565), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Leonidas I (-540), Peisistratos (-600), Theophrastus (-371), and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Ptolemy I Soter ranks 4. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356), Spartacus (-109), and Themistocles (-524). After him are Miltiades (-540), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Mardonius (-600), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Desmond Doss (1919).

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