Late Period of Ancient Egypt

This period is sometimes grouped with the Third Intermediate Period as it represents the final decline of Egyptian culture following the Persian invasion of 525 BC. It sometimes also include the Ptolemaic Dynasty, which ruled Egypt for three centuries until becoming a province of the Roman Empire in 30 BC.

The order of Egyptian pharaohs is not always fixed. New discoveries can sometimes lead to changes in the accepted sequence. This is true for all Egyptian dynasties.

Dynasty XXVII

First Persian satrapy

#PharaohAlternate namesReign (BC)
1Cambyses II525–522
2Darius I522–486
3Xerxes I486–465
4Artaxerxes I465–424
5Darius II424–405
6Artaxerxes II405–404

Dynasty XXVIII

#PharaohAlternate namesReign (BC)
1Amyrtaeus404–399

Dynasty XXIX

#PharaohAlternate namesReign (BC)
1Neferites I398–393
2Akoris393–380
3Psammuthis393
4Neferites II380
5Muthis

Dynasty XXX

#PharaohAlternate namesReign (BC)
1Nectanebo I380–362
2Djedhor Teos I362–360
3Nectanebo II360–343

Here ends the native Egyptian pharaohs.

Dynasty XXXI

Second Persian satrapy

#PharaohAlternate namesReign (BC)
1Artaxerxes III343–338
2Arses338–336
3Darius III336–332

Argead Dynasty

#PharaohAlternate namesReign (BC)
1Alexander the Great332–323
2Philip III Arrhidaeus323–317
3Alexander IV Aegus317–309

Ptolemaic Dynasty

#PharaohAlternate namesReign (BC)
1Ptolemy IPtolemaios Soter305–285
2Ptolemy IIPtolemaios Philadelphos288–246
3Ptolemy IIIPtolemaios Euergetes246–222
4Ptolemy IVPtolemaios Philopator222–204
5Ptolemy VPtolemaios Epiphanes204–180
6Ptolemy VIPtolemaios Philometor180–145
7Ptolemy VIIPtolemaios Neos Philopator145
8Ptolemy VIIIPtolemaios Euergetes Physcon169–164,
144–132,
126–116
9Ptolemy IXPtolemaios Soter Lathyrus116–110,
109–107,
88–81
10Ptolemy XPtolemaios Alexander110–109,
107–88
11Ptolemy XIPtolemaios Alexander II80
12Ptolemy XIIPtolemaios Neos Dionysus Auletes80–58
13Ptolemy XIIIPtolemaios Philopator II51–47
14Ptolemy XIVPtolemaios Philopator Philadelphus47–44
15Cleopatra VIIKleopatra51–30
16Ptolemy XVPtolemaios Philopator Philometor Caesarion44–30