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Ptolemaic Kingdom - The decline of the Ptolemaic Kingdom

Time: 221 BC

Place: Alexandria, Egypt

Details: In 221 BC, Ptolemy III died and was succeeded by his son Ptolemy IV Philopator, a weak king whose rule precipitated the decline of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.

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