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Tlepolemus was regent of Egypt in the Ptolemaic period under the reign of the boy-king Ptolemy V. He was briefly prominent at the end of the 3rd century BC; his dates of birth and death are not known.

Tlepolemus was a member of a distinguished native Egyptian family and he was strategos (military governor) of the region of Pelusium in 202 BC when the regent Agathocles and his family were overthrown and killed in a popular uprising. Tlepolemus took Agathocles' place as regent, but held it only until the following year, 201 BC, when he was in his turn replaced by Aristomenes of Alyzia.

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Primary sources

Polybius, xv.25, 34

Secondary works

Edwyn Bevan, The House of Ptolemy, Chapter 7, passim
Walter Ameling, "Tlepolemos [4]" in Der neue Pauly vol. 12 part 1 p. 636 f.

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 '''Tlepolemus''' was regent of [[Egypt]] in the [[Ptolemaic Empire|Ptolemaic period]] under the reign of the boy-king [[Ptolemy V of Egypt|Ptolemy V]]. He was briefly prominent at the end of the 3rd century BC; his dates of birth and death are not known.
-Tlepolemus was a member of a distinguished [[Persia]]n family who had migrated to Egypt in the late 3rd century BC.<ref>Ian Scott-Kilvert, F. W. Walbank, eds, ''Polybius: The rise of the Roman Empire'' (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979) p. 484 note 1</ref> He was ''[[strategos]]'' (military governor) of the region of [[Pelusium]] in 202 BC when the regent [[Agathocles of Egypt|Agathocles]] and his family were overthrown and killed in a popular uprising. Tlepolemus took Agathocles' place as regent, but held it only until the following year, 201 BC, when he was in his turn replaced by [[Aristomenes of Alyzia]].
+Tlepolemus was a member of a distinguished native [[Egyptian]] family and he was ''[[strategos]]'' (military governor) of the region of [[Pelusium]] in 202 BC when the regent [[Agathocles of Egypt|Agathocles]] and his family were overthrown and killed in a popular uprising. Tlepolemus took Agathocles' place as regent, but held it only until the following year, 201 BC, when he was in his turn replaced by [[Aristomenes of Alyzia]].
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