What is Ptolemaic dynasty?
[[File:Ptolemy I Soter Louvre Ma849.jpg|250px|right|thumb|[[Ptolemy I Soter]].]] The '''Ptolemaic dynasty''', also known as the '''Lagids''' or '''Lagidae,''' was a [[Ancient Macedonians|Macedonian Greek]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Prudence J.|title=Cleopatra: A Sourcebook|url=https://archive.org/details/cleopatrasourceb0000jone|page=[https://archive.org/details/cleopatrasourceb0000jone/page/14 14]|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|year=2006|isbn=9780806137414 |quote=They were members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Macedonian Greeks, who ruled Egypt after the death of its conqueror, Alexander the Great.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Pomeroy|first=Sarah B.|title=Women in Hellenistic Egypt|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninhellenist00unse|year=1990|publisher=Wayne State University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/womeninhellenist00unse/page/n43 16]|quote=while Ptolemaic Egypt was a monarchy with a Greek ruling class.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|editor=Redford, Donald B.|quote=Cleopatra VII was born to Ptolemy XII Auletes (80–57 BCE, ruled 55–51 BCE) and Cleopatra, both parents being Macedonian Greeks.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaarch00bard|year=1999|publisher=Routledge|editor=Bard, Kathryn A.|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaarch00bard/page/488 488]|isbn=9780415185899 |quote=Ptolemaic kings were still crowned at Memphis and the city was popularly regarded as the Egyptian rival to Alexandria, founded by the Macedonian Greeks.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaarch00bard|year=1999|publisher=Routledge|editor=Bard, Kathryn A.|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaarch00bard/page/687 687]|isbn=9780415185899 |quote=During the Ptolemaic period, when Egypt was governed by rulers of Greek descent...}}</ref> royal fami