Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Ptolemy VIII Physcon across 4 places, from 155 BC to 143 BC.
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Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon (Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs Tryphōn, "Ptolemy the Benefactor, the Opulent"; c.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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155 BCyear
Romeattested“An inscription from 155 BC, set up in the aftermath of the assassination attempt records Ptolemy VIII's will, in which he bequeaths Cyrenaica to Rome if he died childless.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Alexandriaattested“On his return to Alexandria in 145 BC, Ptolemy VIII is reported to have launched a purge of those who had opposed him and supported Ptolemy VI.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
143 BCyear
Memphis, Egyptattested“Ptolemy VIII was inaugurated as pharaoh at Memphis in 144 or 143 BC, during which time the couple's only child, Ptolemy Memphites, was born.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
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September 169 BCmonth
Pelusiummentioned“Antiochus IV responded by placing Alexandria under siege, but he was unable to take the city and withdrew from Egypt in September 169 BC, as winter approached, leaving Ptolemy VI as his puppet king in Memphis and retaining a garrison in…”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
September 169 BCmonth
Memphis, Egyptmentioned“Antiochus IV responded by placing Alexandria under siege, but he was unable to take the city and withdrew from Egypt in September 169 BC, as winter approached, leaving Ptolemy VI as his puppet king in Memphis and retaining a garrison in…”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
September 169 BCmonth
Egyptmentioned“Antiochus IV responded by placing Alexandria under siege, but he was unable to take the city and withdrew from Egypt in September 169 BC, as winter approached, leaving Ptolemy VI as his puppet king in Memphis and retaining a garrison in…”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
163 BCyear
Alexandriamentioned“After his expulsion from Alexandria in 163 BC, the Theoi Philomētores are attested once more.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Cirtamentioned“The two rulers are believed to have met between 163 and 148 BC, with a plausible location being Massinissa's main residence at Cirta.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
130 BCyear
Cyprusmentioned“Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III had returned from Cyprus to Egypt by the beginning of 130 BC.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
130 BCyear
Egyptmentioned“Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III had returned from Cyprus to Egypt by the beginning of 130 BC.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
130 BC to 127 BCperiod
Alexandriamentioned“During the period of the civil war, Cleopatra II removed the Theoi Euergetai from the dynastic cult in Alexandria, but Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III maintained their own rival priest of Alexander from 130 BC until they recovered Alexand…”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
129 BCyear
Parthian Empirementioned“Growing desperate, in 129 BC Cleopatra II offered the throne of Egypt to her son-in-law, the Seleucid king Demetrius II, who had just returned to power after years in Parthian captivity.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
118 BC to 116 BCperiod
Indiamentioned“The first Greek to make this journey was Eudoxus of Cyzicus, who is reported to have travelled to India in 118 BC and again in 116 BC.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
April 118 BCmonth
Egyptmentioned“To solidify their reconciliation and restore peace and prosperity to Egypt, the royal trio issued the Amnesty Decree in April 118 BC, which survives in a number of papyrus copies.”source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
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