Ptolemy, confirmed in possession of Egypt and…
320 BCE
Ptolemy, confirmed in possession of Egypt and Cyrene, further strengthens his position by marrying Eurydice, the third daughter of Antipater, as part of a political agreement with her father.
He has found it necessary from the outset to pursue a conciliatory policy toward the Egyptians, since Egyptians must be recruited for his army, which initially numbered only four thousand men.
Ptolemy has won over the Egyptians through the establishment in Memphis of the Serapis cult, which fuses the Egyptian and Greek religions; through restoration of the temples of the pharaohs, which had been destroyed by the Persians; and through gifts to the ancient Egyptian gods and patronage of the Egyptian nobility and priesthood.