may 20, 246 BC - Ptolemy II Died

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- Once Ptolemy II died, Antiochus II put away Berenice and took back his former wife, Laodice.
- Laodice didn’t trust her husband Antiochus II; so she had him poisoned.
- After the murder of Antiochus II, Laodice had Berenice, her infant son, and her attendants killed.
- After this reign of terror, Laodice set her son (Selecus II) on the throne of the Syrian dominion.

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