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Ptolemy VI Philometor
Ptolemy VI Philometor was king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 180 to 145 BCE, at times jointly with his brother Ptolemy VIII and his sister-wife Cleopatra II. He survived the invasion of Antiochus IV, which Rome halted in 168 BCE, and through Roman arbitration his brother received Cyrenaica in 163 BCE. He died of wounds in 145 BCE after defeating Alexander Balas in Syria.
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