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Historical person
141 BCE–89 BCE
Ptolemy X Alexander I was a Ptolemaic king of Egypt involved in the dynastic struggles of the late second and early first centuries BC. His rule was entangled with court rivalry, exile and the weakening of royal authority before Roman domination.
Steven Saylor’s Raiders of the Nile places Ptolemy X Alexander I within a narrative shaped by court politics and dynastic power and political ambition and government.
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The Ancient World prequels follow Gordianus before his established career as Rome’s Finder. The sequence begins with his youthful journey to the Seven Wonders in 92 BC, then moves to Alexandria, Egypt and Asia Minor during the opening phase of the Mithridatic Wars. These books are linked by…
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