the ledger of connections
The Connections of Arsinoe II
Ptolemaic Greek Princess of Ancient Egypt and Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia Every person recorded alongside Arsinoe II in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Arsinoe II in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Ptolemy I Soter, Berenice I of Egypt
- Spouses
- Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Lysimachus, Ptolemy Ceraunus
- Children
- Ptolemy Epigonos, Lysimachus, Philip
- Siblings
- Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Antigone, Lysandra, Ptolémaïs, Theoxena of Syracuse, Ptolemy Ceraunus, Meleager, Magas of Cyrene, Philotera, Irene
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 316 BCE to 270 BCE.

Ancient era
Epicurus
342 BCE – 270 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher

Ancient era
Zeno of Citium
334 BCE – 263 BCE
Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism

Ancient era
Euclid
b. c. 333 BCE
Ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)

Ancient era
Archimedes
287 BCE – 212 BCE
Greatest mathematician of antiquity, pioneer of mechanics and hydrostatics

Ancient era
Eratosthenes
276 BCE – 194 BCE
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist

Ancient era
Ptolemy I Soter
c. 365 BCE – c. 285 BCE
Macedonian general, ruler of Egypt

Ancient era
Mencius
372 BCE – 289 BCE
Chinese Confucian philosopher (372–289 BC)

Ancient era
Ashoka
304 BCE – 232 BCE
Mauryan emperor who renounced conquest and spread Buddhist values

Ancient era
Chandragupta Maurya
340 BCE – 297 BCE
Founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)

Ancient era
Chanakya
375 BCE – 283 BCE
Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the foundational manual on political economy

Ancient era
Berossus
c. 400 BCE – c. 300 BCE
3rd-century BC Babylonian writer, priest and astronomer

Ancient era
Roxana
347 BCE – 310 BCE
Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great