Editing 181 BC (section)

==== Egypt ====
* [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes|Ptolemy V]] is poisoned after a reign of 24 years in which the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] kingdom has declined in power and influence and has lost most of its empire outside Egypt other than [[Cyprus]] and [[Cyrenaica]]. The elder of his two sons, [[Ptolemy VI Philometor]] succeeds him, but since he is an infant, he rules under the regency of his mother [[Cleopatra I of Egypt|Cleopatra the Syrian]].