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ptolemaic army wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 major battles 2 see also 3 references toggle the table of contents ptolemaic army 2 languages العربية italiano edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia army of the ptolemaic kingdom hellenistic soldiers circa 100 bce ptolemaic kingdom egypt detail of the nile mosaic of palestrina the ptolemaic army was the army of the ptolemaic greek kings that ruled egypt from 305 to 30 bc like most of the other armies of the diadochi it was very much macedonian in style with the use of the long pike sarissa in a deep phalanx formation despite the strength of the ptolemaic army evinced in 217 bc with the victory over the seleucids at the battle of raphia the ptolemaic kingdom itself fell into decline and by the time of julius caesar it was but a mere client kingdom of the roman republic the army by the time of caesar s campaigns in the eastern mediterranean was a mere shadow of its former self generally a highly disorganized assemblage of mercenaries and other foreign troops ptolemy i was a general in the army of alexander the great and after alexander s death had taken over the province of egypt as a satrap local governor along with the other successors to alexander he did not hold the title of king until 305 but was still an important player in the affairs of the macedonian empire in the east in 312 bc at gaza ptolemy who was assisting the fugitive satrap of babylonia seleucus i came up against the forces of antigonus i who was seen as a major threat to the stability of the empire due to his strength and power ptolemy had a force of 18 000 infantry and 4 000 cavalry these being a mixture of macedonians mercenaries and native egyptians 1 ptolemy i granted his soldiers land to order to strengthen their loyalty the granting of land also allowed for soldiers to easily mobilize when needed in times of war this concluded to the distribution of soldiers throughout the countryside alongside the founding of a single greek polis in egypt ptolemais the ptolemies also created a cleruchy system in order to collect revenue from these plots of land the addition of the cleruchy system allowed for the diversification of the location of military settlements a decrease and leveling of the size of soldiers plots and expansion of the system to a larger pool of locally recruited individuals 2 major battles edit battle of gaza 312 bc battle of salamis 306 bc battle of cos battle of raphia battle of panium battle of the oenoparus siege of alexandria 47 bc battle of the nile 47 bc battle of actium see also edit phylakitai police of ptolemaic egypt hellenistic armies ptolemaic navy seleucid army references edit siculus diodorus book xix n p pp 55 79 fischer bovet christelle economic status and social networks of soldiers and officers army and society in ptolemaic egypt cambridge cambridge university press pp 303 328 doi 10 1017 cbo9781139035231 013 isbn 978 1 139 03523 1 retrieved 2020 11 27 v t e ptolemaic kingdom history siege of gaza 332 bc donations of alexandria war of actium battle of actium battle of alexandria wars and conflicts carian war chremonidean war syrian wars battle of raphia battle of panium alexandrian war siege of alexandria battle of the nile government ptolemaic dynasty ptolemaic coinage ptolemaic synodal decrees decree of canopus raphia decree rosetta stone decree culture lighthouse of alexandria library of alexandria mouseion apollonius of rhodes aristarchus of samos callimachus eratosthenes euclid posidippus theocritus manetho aegyptiaca septuagint military ptolemaic army ptolemaic navy machimoi phylakitai gabiniani religion serapis greek magical papyri dendera temple complex temple of edfu philae temple complex serapeum of alexandria cities and settlements alexandria coele syria naucratis ptolemais hermiou heracleion triakontaschoinos related horwennefer ankhwennefer retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ptolemaic_army oldid 1360730596 categories 4th century bc establishments in egypt 1st century bc disestablishments 1st millennium bc disestablishments in egypt military history of the ptolemaic kingdom hellenistic armies ptolemy i soter hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata 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