Egypt

Satrap Stela

Decree of the Satrap Ptolemy Lagides

Before he is king, Ptolemy son of Lagos advertises his legitimacy in Egyptian terms, restoring temple lands at Buto and returning sacred images looted by the Persians, framing his rise as pious restoration rather than Macedonian conquest.

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