Ptolemy II and Rome #ptolemy #romanrepublic

Ptolemy II contacted Rome during the period of the Roman Republic.
#ptolemy #romanrepublic #ptolemaic #carthaginians

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Initial Contacts
2:41 Motives
4:11 First Punic War
4:57 Final Thoughts

Photos:
First Punic War 264 BC v3- Harrias, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ via Wikimedia Commons
Nemrut Head of Antiochus I in 2006 1587-Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Dinastie della grecia occidentale, hieron II, 32 litri di siracusa, 274-216 ac ca- Sailko, CC BY 3.0
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