| Preceded by: Ptolemy IV |
Pharaoh of Egypt Ptolemaic Dynasty |
Succeeded by: Ptolemy VI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Ἐπιφανής Εὐχάριστος Romanized: Ptolemaios Epiphanes Eucharistos Latin: Ptolemaeus Illustris Amoenus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tetradrachm showing Ptolemy V, issued c. 200 BC.© | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 204–180 BC (24 years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Ptolemy IV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Arsinoë III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consort(s) | Cleopatra I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue | Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII, Cleopatra II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 October 210 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 180 BC (aged 29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Alexandria (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- For other pages by this name, see Ptolemy.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Ἐπιφανής Εὐχάριστος, "Ptolemy the Illustrious, the Pleasant", 210–180 BCE), was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 204 to 180 BCE. He was the son and successor of Ptolemy IV by Arsinoë III.
Ptolemy V inherited the throne at the age of five, and under a series of regents the kingdom was paralyzed. Under his rule Coele Syria and most of Egypt’s other foreign possessions were lost. The Great Thebaid Rebellion that started under his father continued throughout most of his reign. In 196 BCE he promulgated the decree inscribed on the Rosetta Stone; found in 1799, it provided the key to the hieroglyphic, or pictographic writing, of ancient Egypt. The decree, which reveals the increasing influence of Egyptian natives, remitted debts and taxes, released prisoners, pardoned rebels who surrendered, and granted increased benefactions to the temples. Despite the claim of victory on the Rosetta Stone, the rebellion by Native Egyptians raged another 10 years until 186 BCE.
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| Predecessor: Ptolemy IV |
Pharaoh of Egypt Ptolemaic Dynasty |
Successor: Ptolemy VI |