Ptolemy VI Philometor

E110164

Ancient Greek person Hellenistic monarch King of Egypt Ptolemaic ruler

Ptolemy VI Philometor was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty whose reign was marked by dynastic conflicts, Roman intervention, and wars with the Seleucid Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ptolemy VI Philometor canonical	14
Ptolemaios Philometor	1
Ptolemy VI Philometor (upon reaching majority)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ancient Greek person ⓘ Hellenistic monarch ⓘ King of Egypt ⓘ Ptolemaic ruler ⓘ
birthDate	c. 186 BC ⓘ
capital	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria
causeOfDeath	died from wounds after battle in Syria ⓘ
conflict	Dynastic conflict with Ptolemy VIII Physcon ⓘ Third Syrian War ⓘ surface form: Egyptian–Seleucid wars Sixth Syrian War ⓘ
coRegentWith	Cleopatra I Syra ⓘ Cleopatra II of Egypt ⓘ Ptolemy VIII Physcon ⓘ
countryRuled	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt
deathDate	145 BC ⓘ
deathPlace	Syria ⓘ
dynasty	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
epithet	Philometor ⓘ
epithetMeaning	mother-loving ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period ⓘ
father	Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ
foreignPolicy	sought Roman support against the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
fullName	Ptolemy VI Philometor self-link ⓘ
involvedIn	Roman intervention in Egypt ⓘ
knownFor	balancing Roman influence and Seleucid power ⓘ complex co-regency arrangements within the Ptolemaic family ⓘ
mother	Cleopatra I Syra ⓘ
notableEvent	temporary deposition by Ptolemy VIII Physcon ⓘ
opponent	Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ Demetrius II Nicator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Alexandria ⓘ
predecessor	Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ
regnalName	Ptolemy VI Philometor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaios Philometor
reignEnd	145 BC ⓘ
reignStart	180 BC ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
restoredToThroneBy	Roman Senate ⓘ
ruledRegion	Cyprus ⓘ Cyrenaica ⓘ
sibling	Cleopatra II of Egypt ⓘ Cleopatra III of Egypt ⓘ Ptolemy VIII Physcon ⓘ
spouse	Cleopatra II of Egypt ⓘ
successor	Ptolemy VIII Physcon ⓘ
title	Basileus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Ptolemy VI Philometor
Description of subject: Ptolemy VI Philometor was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty whose reign was marked by dynastic conflicts, Roman intervention, and wars with the Seleucid Empire.

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemaic Kingdom → notableRuler → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Temple of Philae → constructionMajorPhase → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Syrian Wars → notablePtolemaicRulerInvolved → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Ptolemy VI Philometor → fullName → Ptolemy VI Philometor self-link ⓘ

Ptolemy VI Philometor → regnalName → Ptolemy VI Philometor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaios Philometor

Seventh Syrian War → opponent → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Seventh Syrian War → participant → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Ptolemy V Epiphanes → successor → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Ptolemy V Epiphanes → child → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Sixth Syrian War → opponent → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Sixth Syrian War → PtolemaicSideLedBy → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Ptolemy VIII Physcon → sibling → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Kom Ombo → constructionStartedUnder → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Kom Ombo

Temple of Kom Ombo → builtUnder → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Cleopatra I Syra → child → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

Cleopatra I Syra → successorAsRegent → Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemy VI Philometor (upon reaching majority)