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[[Image:Ptolemy_I_Soter.jpg|thumb|250px|Ptolemy I Soter]]

[[Image:Ptolemy_I_Soter.jpg|thumb|250px|Ptolemy I Soter]]

Ptolemy I Soter (son of Lagus) was a general of [[Alexander the Great]] and as speculated by some his possible half-brother<ref>The Complete Works of Arrian, ''Anabasis of Alexander'', Preference, Delphi Classics, 2014</ref>.  He established the [[Ptolemaic Dynasty]] in [[Egypt]] and adopted the local customs and religion.

Ptolemy I Soter (son of Lagus) was a general of [[Alexander the Great]] and as speculated by some his possible half-brother<ref>The Complete Works of Arrian, translated by Robison, E. Iliff, ''Anabasis of Alexander'', Preference, Delphi Classics, 2014</ref>.  After Alexander's death he received the [[Satrap|Satrapy]] of [[Egypt]] during the regency of Pediccas.  After the [[Battle of Salamis]] with Antigonus, he proclaimed himself king of [[Egypt]], thereby establishing the [[Ptolemaic Dynasty]].

Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, he by martial art ceased the funeral train headed for Macedonia and brought his body with him to be buried in [[Alexandria]], reuniting the famed conqueror with the city that bore his name. For the next two-and-a-half centuries, the Ptolemaic dynasty of the Greeks would successfully rule Egypt, mingling Hellenic traditions with the mighty legacy of the Pharaohs.<ref>[http://www.touregypt.net/alexandria/alexhis1.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]</ref>

After assuming the purple, Ptolemy clad himself with the vestments of Egypt's traditional customs and religion bearing the title of Pharaoh.  While the colloquial "Soter" (saviour) was coffered after a military victory.  

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Alexander the Great]]

*[[Alexander the Great]]

*[[Cleopatra]]

*[[Cleopatra]]

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