Ptolemy VI Philometor

Ptolemy VI Philometor (Greek: , Ptolemaĩos Philomḗtōr, ca. 186–145 BC) wis a king o Egyp frae the Ptolemaic period. He reigned frae 180 tae 145 BC.

Ptolemy succeedit in 180 at the age o aboot 6 an ruled jointly wi his mither, Cleopatra I, till her daith in 176 BC.  The follaein year he mairit his sister, Cleopatra II.

In 170 BC, Antiochus IV began the saxt Sirian War an invaded Egyp twice.  He wis crouned as its king in 168, but abandoned his claim on the orders o the Roman Senate.

Frae 169–164, Egyp wis ruled bi a triumvirate consistin o Ptolemy, his sister-queen an his younger brither kent as Ptolemy VIII Physcon. In 164 he wis driven oot bi his brither an went tae Roum tae seek support, which he received frae Cato.  He wis restored the follaein year bi the intervention o the Alexandrians an ruled uneasily, cruelly suppressin frequent rebellions.

In 152 BC, he briefly ruled jointly wi ane o his sons, kent as Ptolemy Eupator, but it is thocht that Ptolemy Eupator dee'd that same year.

 Freemit airtins 
 Ptolemy Philometor at LacusCurtius — (Chapter IX o E. R. Bevan's House of Ptolemy, 1923)
 Ptolemy VI  — (Egyptian Royal Genealogy)
 Ptolemy VI Philometor entry in historical sourcebook bi Mahlon H. Smith

Category:145 BC daiths
Category:Pharaohs o the Ptolemaic dynasty
Category:Hellenistic Egyptians
Category:Monarchs killed in action
Category:Auncient bairn rulers
Category:186 BC births
Category:2nt-century BC rulers