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Who succeeded Ptolemy II after his death?

  • Ptolemy III

  • Ptolemy IV

  • Cleopatra III

  • Ptolemy V

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Ptolemy III Euergetes succeeded Ptolemy II Philadelphus as the third king of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in 246 BC. He was a powerful and ambitious ruler, known for his military campaigns against the Seleucid Empire and his patronage of the arts and literature. He expanded the kingdom's territories, secured its borders, and maintained its status as a major power in the Hellenistic world.
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