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Ptolemy Apion or simply known as Apion (Template:Langx; between 150 BC and 145 BC – 96 BC) was the last Greek King of Cyrenaica who separated it from the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and in his last will bequeathed his country to Rome.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
BiographyEdit
Apion was the son of Ptolemy VIII Physcon, king of Egypt (170-165, 145-132, and 127-116) and king of Cyrene and Cyprus (163-116 BC), by a concubine. Apion's mother is often identified with Eirene, who was his mistress around 147 BC,<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but there is no evidence for this.<ref name="PA"/>
Ptolemy Apion was apparently given Cyrene as a separate kingdom ca. 105-101 BC.<ref name="PA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nothing is recorded of Ptolemy's reign of Cyrenaica. Some scholars have doubted that he ever actually reigned.<ref>*Template:Cite book</ref> Ptolemy died in 96 BC without heirs. In Ptolemy's will, he left Cyrenaica and his ancestral royal estates to the rule of the Roman Republic.<ref name="PA"/>
ReferencesEdit
- Tacitus, Annals xiv. 14–65)
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