Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered in Egypt. Ptolemy was king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 305/304 BC to his death in 282 BC, and his descendants continued to rule Egypt until 30 BC. During their rule, Egypt became a thriving bastion of Hellenistic civilization and Alexandria a great seat of Greek culture.
- Occupation
- sovereign, historian, military personnel
- Position held
- somatophylakes, pharaoh, strategos
- Citizenship
- Macedonia, Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Born
- 365 BC, 367 BC, 367 BC, 366 BC
