Samothrace in 218 B.C.

Samothrace — Ptolemaic Egypt › The Overseas Empire.

The holy island of the Great Gods in the north Aegean, whose Mystery cult drew initiates from across the Greek world. Under Ptolemaic protection and patronage — Arsinoe II raised a great rotunda in the sanctuary — Samothrace is both a religious anchor and a station guarding the northern sea-lanes toward the Hellespont.