King
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Perseus
Perseus (212-165 or 162): last king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 179-168.Relatives Perseus Father: Philip V Mother: Polycratia of Argos Wife: Laodice V (daughter of…
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Pharaoh
Pharaoh: common title for the kings of ancient Egypt. Amenhotep II The word pharaoh is a rendering of the Hebrew par'ô, which…Pharnaces I of Pontus
Pharnaces I: king of Pontus (r.185-160 BCE).Pharnaces succeeded his father Mithridates III in c.185 BCE and captured Sinope in 183 BCE. This was the beginning of what was called the "Pontic War", in which the kingdom of Pontus had to face…Pharnaces II of Pontus
Pharnaces II: king of Pontus (r.63-47 BCE). Zela Pharnaces was the son of Mithridates VI Eupator, the king of Pontus who fought…Philetaerus
Philetaerus: ruler of Pergamon (d. 263), founder of the Attalid dynasty. Philetaerus (bust from the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum) Relatives Father: Attalus,…Philip Arrhidaeus
Philip Arrhidaeus (c.356-317): the mentally deficient and epileptic brother of Alexander the Great who succeeded him as king of the Macedonian Empire in 323, but had several regents, who all used their pupil for their own purposes. …Philip I Philadelphus
Philip I Philadelphus ("the man who loves his brother"): name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 95 to 84/83. Philip I…
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Philip II of Macedonia
Philip II (*382): king of Macedonia (r.360-336), responsible for the modernization of his kingdom and its expansion into Greece, father of Alexander the Great. …Philip II Philoromaeus
Philip II Philoromaeus ("friend of the Romans"): name of the last Seleucid king, ruled from 65 to 64.Relatives Father: Philip I Philadelphus Main deeds: 75: Death of Philip I Philadelphus His intended successor, Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, visits Rome 74/73: Tigranes II the Great of Armenia…Philip V
Philip V: king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 221-179. His reign witnessed an expansion of Macedonian power, but an even greater expansion of the power of Rome, which gains considerable influence in Greece.Relatives …