# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sosibius
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:49:45.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sosibius"
name: "Sosibius"
slug: "sosibius"
description: "Sosibius was the chief minister of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king of Egypt. Nothing is known of his origin or parentage, though he may have been a son of Sosibius of Tarentum; nor is there any account of how he rose to power. He is first attested immediately after the accession of Ptolemy IV in 221 BC, exercising great influence over the 22-year old king alongside Agathocles, the brother of Ptolemy IV's mistress Agathoclea. He remained a major force throughout the reign and helped ensure the smooth succession of Ptolemy V Epiphanes in 204 BC. After that he disappears from the record."
tagline: "Late 3rd-century BC Ptolemaic chief minister"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Octadrachm_Ptolemy_IV_BM_CMBMC33.jpg/330px-Octadrachm_Ptolemy_IV_BM_CMBMC33.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-300"
deathDate: "-260"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.14
  momentum:             3.15109479124167
  historical:           11.22214
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%A2%E8%A5%BF%E6%AF%94%E7%83%8F%E6%96%AF"
    title: "索西比烏斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Сосибий"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibi_(ministre)"
    title: "Sosibi (ministre)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibios_(Vater)"
    title: "Sosibios (Vater)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Σωσίβιος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibius"
    title: "Sosibius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibio"
    title: "Sosibio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibio"
    title: "Sosibio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibius_(Ptolemaei_IV_minister)"
    title: "Sosibius (Ptolemaei IV minister)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibios"
    title: "Sosibios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibios"
    title: "Sosibios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosibije"
    title: "Sosibije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3sibios_z_Alexandrie"
    title: "Sósibios z Alexandrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5"
    title: "Сосибије"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682291"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump