His mother summoned her younger son from Pelusium, and appointed him to be king along with her.
So the younger son ruled jointly with his mother, and the country was governed in both their names; this year was called the 11th year of Cleopatra and the 8th year of Alexander, because Alexander counted his years from the 4th year of his brother's reign, which was when he started to rule over Cyprus.
This state of affairs continued until the death of Cleopatra; after she died, Alexander ruled on his own, and he reigned for 18 years in all after he returned to Alexandria, though officially he reigned for 26 years.
In the 19th year, after a dispute with his soldiers, he went away to collect an army to bring to Egypt against them.
- However they followed him, and under the leadership of a relative of the kings called Tyrrus, (165) they defeated him in a naval battle.
Alexander was forced to take refuge with his wife and daughter in Myra, a city of Lycia; from there, he crossed over to Cyprus, where he was defeated by the admiral Chaereas, and died.