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Ptolemais is the ancient name for the cities of: And for the historical cities of:

Ptolemais was also the name of a daughter of Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I






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Ptolemais is the ancient name for the cities of:
  • Ptolemaida
    Ptolemaida

    Ptolemaida is a city in Northern Greece. It lies in the prefecture of Kozani, which is part of the periphery of West Macedonia. It is known for its coal mines and its power stations....
     (Greece) - named for the Macedonian Ptolemy who became Ptolemy I Soter
  • Acre
    Acre, Israel

    Acre also Akko, is a List of Israeli cities in the Western Galilee region of North District Israel. It is situated on a low promontory at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay....
     (Israel) - named for the Macedonian Ptolemy who became Ptolemy I Soter
  • Ptolemais Hermiou
    Ptolemais Hermiou

    Ptolemais Hermiou is a city in Greco-Roman Egypt, established as a colony on the west bank of the Nile by Ptolemy I Soter to be the capital of Upper Egypt....
     (Egypt) - Greek colony established by Ptolemy I Soter
And for the historical cities of:
  • Ptolemais Theron
    Ptolemais Theron

    Ptolemais Theron was a marketplace on the African side of the Red Sea. According to Strabo , Ptolemais was founded as a base to support hunting elephants by a certain Eumedes, who had been sent there by Ptolemy II of Egypt, king of Ptolemaic Egypt....
     (African coast of the Red Sea) - established by Ptolemy II Philadelphus
  • Ptolemais (Cyrenaica)
    Ptolemais (Cyrenaica)

    Ptolemais or Ptolemaida was one of the ancient capitals of Cyrenaica. It was most probably named after Ptolemy III Euergetes. Its Latin name in Roman times was Tolmeta, from which is derived the name of the nearby modern town of...
     (Libya) - probably named after Ptolemy III Euergetes
  • Crocodilopolis
    Crocodilopolis

    Crocodilopolis or Krokodilopolis or Ptolemais Euergetis or Arsinoe was an ancient city in the Heptanomis, Egypt, the capital of Arsinoites nome, on the western bank of the Nile, between the river and the Lake Moeris, southwest of Memphis, Egypt, in lat....
     (Egypt) - renamed Ptolemais Euergetis by Ptolemy III Euergetes


Ptolemais was also the name of a daughter of Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty....


See also: Ptolemy (disambiguation)