This state's army contained native troops known as machimoi, many of whom revolted after the battle of Raphia, at which one of its rulers defeated Antiochus III.
The Pinakes was written by one resident of this kingdom, which imported and settled Galatian mercenaries. A ruler of this kingdom took the cult name of "New Dionysus" and employed a group of legionaries known as the Gabiniani; that king was known as the "flute-player" for his love of music. The Letter of Aristeas states that one ruler of this kingdom commissioned the translation of the (*) Septuagint after receiving a letter from seventy-two Jewish scholars. This state's army contained native troops known as machimoi, many of whom revolted after the battle of Raphia, at which one of its rulers defeated Antiochus III. A civil war between two half-sisters in this state resulted in a member of its royal family, Arsinoe IV, being paraded in the streets of Rome in a triumph for Julius Caesar. For 10 points, name this state that lost all its independence after Actium, when its ruler Cleopatra committed suicide.
The Pinakes was written by one resident of this kingdom, which imported and settled Galatian mercenaries.
Ptolemaic Egypt [accept either or both underlined parts; accept Ptolemaike Basileia or Ptolemaic Kingdom; accept Hellenistic/Greek Egypt; accept Aegyptus; accept Aigyptos; accept Kemet; accept Mesr]