Ptolemy Apion bequeaths Cyrenaica to Rome
A childless king leaves his country to Rome in his will
Ptolemy Apion, a son of Ptolemy VIII, separated Cyrenaica from Ptolemaic Egypt and ruled it as king. Dying without heirs in 96 BC, he left the country and its royal estates to the Roman Republic in his will, and Cyrenaica passed to Rome.
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