Ptolemy VII
Ptolemy VII
one of the sons of Ptolemy V and brother of Ptolemy VI. He ruled alongside his brother Ptolemy VI and his sister Cleopatra VII. When his elder brother Ptolemy VI was captured during the occupation of Egypt by the king of Syria Antiochus IV, he declared Ptolemy VII king of the remaining parts of Egypt, and when Ptolemy VI was released, the two kings ruled Egypt equally. In the year 163, the elder brother assumed power again ... until Ptolemy VI died in 145
Claudius Ptolemy, an Alexandrian philosopher, enhanced Eudoxus' geocentric model circa AD 140. Without describing perfect circles, Ptolemy conjured up a universe in which every body swung around the Earth.
