Which king was Ptolemy II's father a general of?
Julius Caesar
Philip II
Alexander the Great
Ramses II
Answer
Alexander the Great was the king that Ptolemy II's father, Ptolemy I Soter, served as a general under. Ptolemy I was a Macedonian Greek general and companion (somatophylax) to Alexander the Great. After Alexander's death, Ptolemy became the ruler of Egypt, founding the Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years.
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