and Phoenicia. Ptolemaeus of Commagene (201 BC - 130 BC), satrap and then first King of Commagene Ptolemy (son of Abubus), governor of Jericho (ca. 130 BC) in the First Book of the Maccabees; instigated the death of Simon Maccabees; and for whom Dante named the section of Hell reserved for traitors to guests ('Ptolemaea') Ptolemy (son of Mennaeus) (rule ended ca. 40 BC), governor of biblical Abilene, a district of the disputed region of Coele-Syria Ptolemy of Mauretania (d.40 AD) Ptolemaeus Chennus (2nd century AD), a grammarian who lived in the Alexandrine Greek culture of Roman Egypt Ptolemaeus and Lucius (d. c. 165 AD), Christian martyrs Ptolemy (gnostic) (c. 180 AD), a religious philosopher who was active in Roman Italy and Gaul Ptolemy-el-Garib (fl. c. 300 AD), a Peripatetic pinacographer whose Life of Aristotle Ptolemaeus Secundus ('Second Ptolemy'), a nickname for the Arab polymath Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965 – c. 1040) Ptolemy I of Tusculum (d.1126), a count of Tusculum who asserted his family's descent from the Roman Julii Ptolemy II of Tusculum (d.1153), a count of Tusculum who married Bertha, daughter of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (1882–1958), a Greek Army officer Born in 20th century or later Ptolemy Tompkins (born 1962) – American author Ptolemy Dean (born 1968) – British architect, author, and TV presenter Ptolemy Slocum (born 1975) – American actor Barry Ptolemy (born 1969) – American film director and producer People named Tolomeo or Tolomei Tolomeo da Lucca or Bartholomew of Lucca (Bartolomeo Fiadoni c. 1236 – c. 1327), a medieval Italian historian Bernard Tolomeo (1272–1348), founder of the Olivetan Roman Tolomeo Gallio (1527–1607), an Italian cardinal Tolomeo Faccendi (1905–1970), an Italian sculptor Tolomeo Mwansa (1941-2014), a Zambian football goalkeeper Giovanni Battista Tolomei (1653–1726), Italian Jesuit priest, theologian, and cardinal Uses in arts and entertainment The Ptolemy (1934) is a large reed organ built by the American composer Harry Partch, named in tribute to Claudius Ptolemaeus Tolomeo is an opera by Handel composed in 1728, a fictionalisation of some events in the life of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, king of Egypt Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise is a character in The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter Ptolemaios and Ptolemaios 2 are fictional spacecraft in the anime television series Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and film Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer Ptolemy's Gate, published 2005, is the third book