 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Panguva youtongi hwaPtolemy II, pfuma uye runako rwokunyora rweimba youmambo yeAlexandria zvakanga zviri pakakwirira kwazvo. Akasimudzira Museum neLibrary yeAlexandria. Kuwedzera kuIjipiti, umambo hwaPtolemy hwaibatanidza chikamu chikuru cheAegean neLevant. Akatevera mutemo wokunze une utsinye uye wokupararira pasina kubudirira kwakakwana. Kubva muna 275 kusvika muna 271 BC, akatungamira Humambo hwePtolemaic kurwisa Humambo hweSeleucid muhondo yekutanga yeSyria uye akawedzera simba rePtolemaic muCilicia neCaria, asi akarasikirwa nehutongi hweCyrenaica mushure mekunge mukoma wake wehafu Magas apanduka. Muhondo yeChremonideanc. 267-261 BC, Ptolemy akatarisana neAntigonid Makedhonia kuti atonge Aegean uye akatambura zvakakomba. Izvi zvakateverwa nehondo yechipiri yeSyria 260-253 BC kurwisa hushe hweSeleucid, umo zvakawanda zvakawanikwa muhondo yekutanga zvakarasika. 