By Tristan Hughes, Wednesday, March 8, 2023 11:05 PM
In 320 BC Ptolemy, a Macedonian general who had served with Alexander the Great, pronounced his rule over Egypt ‘spear-won’. It was a boastful claim to this rich North African province, echoing the Homeric tales of old. But for Ptolemy, this pronouncement was more than mere bravado. The governor had just fended off the greatest … Continued
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