Ptolemaic Cyprus (Fyler, The development of Cyprus [, 190-?])

Text: "For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant." Daniel 11:30

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   After the battle of Issus, 333 B.C., Alexander the Great made himself master of Palestine, Egypt, and the towns on the Mediterranean coast, which included Cyprus. He thought so highly of this latter conquest that he is reported by Arian to have said, "and Cyprus being in our hands, we shall reign absolute sovereign at sea, and an easy way will be laid open for making a descent upon Egypt." On his death the Empire was divided, Egypt falling to the share of Ptolemy, while Asia Minor fell to Antigonus, who thus became possessed of Cyprus.

   Ptolemy crossed over to Cyprus with a fleet about 313 B.C., and landed there with so large a force, that he met with no resistance, and appointed a governor; Antigonus then in his turn collected a fleet and drove off that of Ptolemy.

   On the death of Antigonus, however, the island reverted to Egypt, and remained under the rule of the Ptolemies until it became a Roman province, 58 B.C., when a large booty is reported to have been sent to Rome by Marcus Cato.

Fyler, Arthur Evelyn, The development of Cyprus, and rambles in the island, London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co., Ltd. [, 190-?], pp. 18,19.

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