Information
Name: Kingdom of Cyprus (Ptolemaic)
Type: Polity
Nation: cyprus
Start: -79
End: -58
Groups:
Diadochi
Kingdom of Cyprus (Ptolemaic): All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
In 80 BC the Ptolemaic Kingdom was divided among the sons of Ptolemy IX. Ptolemy XII Auletes became King of Egypt whereas his younger brother Ptolemy of Cyprus became King of Cyprus. Its reign ended when the Romans conquered Cyprus. The Kingdom was the first time Cyprus had an independent Kingdom able to control the whole island.