Territorial change of Ptolemaic Kingdom

“Ptolemaic Kingdom” — appears in this map’s data from 331 BC to 28 BC. Its territory was largest in 326 BC – 324 BC, at ≈ 4.83 million km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
331 BC – 327 BC	≈ 1.22 million km²
326 BC – 324 BC	≈ 4.83 million km²
307 BC – 302 BC	≈ 654 thousand km²
301 BC – 292 BC	≈ 704 thousand km²
291 BC – 284 BC	≈ 849 thousand km²
283 BC – 282 BC	≈ 849 thousand km²
281 BC – 280 BC	≈ 944 thousand km²
279 BC – 278 BC	≈ 846 thousand km²
277 BC – 273 BC	≈ 847 thousand km²
272 BC – 265 BC	≈ 742 thousand km²
264 BC – 257 BC	≈ 754 thousand km²
256 BC – 248 BC	≈ 678 thousand km²
247 BC – 240 BC	≈ 783 thousand km²
239 BC – 219 BC	≈ 799 thousand km²
218 BC – 217 BC	≈ 739 thousand km²
216 BC – 213 BC	≈ 778 thousand km²
212 BC – 204 BC	≈ 779 thousand km²
203 BC – 198 BC	≈ 780 thousand km²
197 BC – 189 BC	≈ 506 thousand km²
188 BC – 171 BC	≈ 570 thousand km²
170 BC – 165 BC	≈ 156 thousand km²
164 BC – 127 BC	≈ 680 thousand km²
126 BC – 111 BC	≈ 669 thousand km²
110 BC – 32 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²
31 BC – 31 BC	≈ 1.27 million km²
30 BC – 28 BC	≈ 554 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in 326 BC – 324 BC (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
331 BC	≈ 1.22 million km²	3 of 33
326 BC	≈ 4.83 million km²	1 of 33
307 BC	≈ 654 thousand km²	5 of 37
301 BC	≈ 704 thousand km²	4 of 38
291 BC	≈ 849 thousand km²	4 of 40
284 BC	≈ 849 thousand km²	4 of 39
283 BC	≈ 849 thousand km²	4 of 39
281 BC	≈ 944 thousand km²	3 of 39
279 BC	≈ 846 thousand km²	4 of 43
277 BC	≈ 847 thousand km²	4 of 43
275 BC	≈ 847 thousand km²	4 of 43
272 BC	≈ 742 thousand km²	4 of 44
271 BC	≈ 742 thousand km²	4 of 45
264 BC	≈ 754 thousand km²	4 of 45
256 BC	≈ 678 thousand km²	5 of 44
247 BC	≈ 783 thousand km²	4 of 43
239 BC	≈ 799 thousand km²	4 of 45
230 BC	≈ 799 thousand km²	4 of 43
225 BC	≈ 799 thousand km²	4 of 43
223 BC	≈ 799 thousand km²	5 of 41
222 BC	≈ 799 thousand km²	5 of 39
218 BC	≈ 739 thousand km²	5 of 38
216 BC	≈ 778 thousand km²	5 of 38
212 BC	≈ 779 thousand km²	5 of 39
210 BC	≈ 779 thousand km²	5 of 38
208 BC	≈ 779 thousand km²	6 of 46
206 BC	≈ 779 thousand km²	5 of 56
203 BC	≈ 780 thousand km²	6 of 40
202 BC	≈ 780 thousand km²	6 of 39
197 BC	≈ 506 thousand km²	8 of 43
188 BC	≈ 570 thousand km²	7 of 44
170 BC	≈ 156 thousand km²	19 of 43
164 BC	≈ 680 thousand km²	6 of 40
144 BC	≈ 680 thousand km²	7 of 39
126 BC	≈ 669 thousand km²	7 of 37
110 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	9 of 38
91 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	7 of 39
87 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 36
77 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 37
66 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 35
63 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 43
50 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 46
49 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 46
48 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 46
46 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 45
44 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 45
42 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 45
41 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 45
40 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 45
36 BC	≈ 566 thousand km²	8 of 49
31 BC	≈ 1.27 million km²	6 of 49
30 BC	≈ 554 thousand km²	8 of 49

Its highest rank was in 326 BC: number 33 of 1.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Kingdom of Kush — 49 frames
Seleucid Empire — 31 frames
Ancient Carthage — 21 frames
Nabataeans — 20 frames
Antigonid dynasty — 19 frames
Roman Republic — 14 frames
Polis — 13 frames
Kingdom of Cappadocia — 6 frames
Jugurtha — 6 frames
Cyrenaica — 5 frames
Greek colonisation — 5 frames
Lysimachus — 4 frames
Roman Empire — 2 frames
Macedonia (ancient kingdom) — 2 frames
Kingdom of Bithynia — 2 frames
Ankhwennefer (pharaoh) — 2 frames
Parthian Empire — 1 frames
Achaemenid Empire — 1 frames
Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) — 1 frames
Kingdom of Pontus — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 17 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
323 BC	lost	Macedonia (ancient kingdom)	≈ 4.50 million km²
326 BC	gained	Achaemenid Empire	≈ 2.86 million km²
30 BC	lost	Roman Empire	≈ 719 thousand km²
31 BC	gained	Roman Republic	≈ 707 thousand km²
27 BC	lost	Roman Empire	≈ 556 thousand km²
164 BC	gained	Seleucid Empire	≈ 525 thousand km²
170 BC	lost	Seleucid Empire	≈ 415 thousand km²
247 BC	gained	Cyrenaica	≈ 105 thousand km²
281 BC	gained	Lysimachus	≈ 95 thousand km²
197 BC	lost	Seleucid Empire	≈ 91 thousand km²
256 BC	lost	Seleucid Empire	≈ 77 thousand km²
301 BC	gained	Macedonia (ancient kingdom)	≈ 67 thousand km²
188 BC	gained	Ankhwennefer (pharaoh)	≈ 66 thousand km²
218 BC	lost	Seleucid Empire	≈ 59 thousand km²
216 BC	gained	Seleucid Empire	≈ 39 thousand km²
291 BC	gained	Cyrenaica	≈ 30 thousand km²
239 BC	gained	Seleucid Empire	≈ 20 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Roman Egypt

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Ptolemaic Kingdom (; Koine Greek: Πτολεμαϊκὴ βασιλεία, Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period.

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