Portrait of Ptolemy Apion from Herculaneum, presently located at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
King of Cyrene
Born
150-145 BC Cyrene (?)
Died
96 BC
Greek
Πτολεμαῖος Ἀπίων
House
Ptolemaic dynasty
Father
Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Mother
Eirene of Cyrene
Ptolemy Apion or simply known as Apion (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Ἀπίων; between 150 BC and 145 BC – 96 BC) was the last Greek King of Cyrenaica who separated it from the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and in his last will bequeathed his country to Rome.[1] He was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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