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Arsinoe III  

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  • Arsinoe III Philopator

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  • Ptolemaic queen, daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II, and wife of her brother Ptolemy IV Philopator; she ruled Egypt from 220 to 204 BC and was a politically significant figure, becoming the first Ptolemaic queen to bear a child by her brother, thereby reinforcing dynastic legitimacy

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