Editing Ptolemy VI Philometor (section)

===Relations with Nubia===
[[File:Agilkia_Isis-Tempel_24.JPG|thumb|Stele of Ptolemy VI at Philae, recording the grant of tax revenues to the Temple of Isis]]
Until the reign of [[Ptolemy IV]], the Ptolemies had controlled the region south of [[Aswan]] to the [[second cataract]], which was known as the [[Triacontaschoenus]] or [[Lower Nubia]] and included rich gold mines. Throughout the 160s and 150s BC, Ptolemy VI reasserted Ptolemaic control over the northern part of [[Nubia]]. This achievement is heavily advertised at the Temple of [[Isis]] at [[Philae]], which was granted the tax revenues of the [[Dodecaschoenus]] region in 157&nbsp;BC. Decorations on the first pylon of the Temple of Isis at Philae emphasise the Ptolemaic claim to rule the whole of Nubia. The aforementioned inscription regarding the priests of Mandulis shows that some Nubian leaders at least were paying tribute to the Ptolemaic treasury in this period. In order to secure the region, the ''strategos'' of Upper Egypt, [[Boethus (strategos)|Boethus]], founded two new cities, named Philometris and Cleopatra in honour of the royal couple.<ref>{{cite book |last=Török |first=László |title=Between Two Worlds: The Frontier Region Between Ancient Nubia and Egypt, 3700 BC-AD 500 |publisher=Brill |year=2009 |location=Leiden, New York, Köln | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irbP2hHqDAwC |isbn=978-90-04-17197-8 |pages=400–404}}</ref><ref name=H189/><ref name=G325>{{harvnb|Grainger|2010|p=325}}</ref>