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Ptolemais
also: Ptolomaide, Ptolemais
A coastal city near Egypt (Ptolemais of Phoenicia/Acre, or another Ptolemais) where Cicero proposes Lentulus station Ptolemy Auletes while advancing on Alexandria with his fleet and army (Fam 1.7.4).
Cicero by Claudeplace
also: Ptolomaide, Ptolemais
A coastal city near Egypt (Ptolemais of Phoenicia/Acre, or another Ptolemais) where Cicero proposes Lentulus station Ptolemy Auletes while advancing on Alexandria with his fleet and army (Fam 1.7.4).