Philip V of Macedon

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Coin of Philip V. The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ([coin] of King Philip). The date ΕΡ is year 105 of the Seleucid era, corresponding to 208–207 BC.

Philip V (Greek Φίλιππος Δ΄) was king of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty.

The son of Demetrius II and Chryseis, Philip was nine years old at his father's death in 230-229 BC. His cousin, Antigonus Doson, administered the kingdom as regent until his death in 221 BC-220 BC, when Philip was eighteen years old.

Philip then ascended the throne and reigned until 179 BC. His reign was occupied in the vain struggle to maintain the old Macedonian supremacy in the Balkan peninsula, which became hopeless after the intervention of Rome, during the First Macedonian War, and the decisive battle of Cynoscephalae (197 BC), during the Second Macedonian War.

He was succeeded by his eldest son Perseus, who ruled as the last king of Macedon.

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External Links

• Philip V entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith

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Kings of Macedon

Argeads: Karanus • Koinos • Tyrimmas • Perdiccas I • Argaeus I • Philip I • Aeropus I • Alcetas I • Amyntas I • Alexander I • Perdiccas II • Archelaus I • Craterus • Orestes and Aeropus II • Archelaus II • Amyntas III • Pausanias • Amyntas III • Argaeus II • Amyntas III • Alexander II • Ptolemy I¹ • Perdiccas III • Amyntas IV • Philip II • Alexander the Great • Antipater¹ • Philip III² • Alexander IV² • Perdiccas¹ • Antipater¹ • Polyperchon¹ • Cassander¹

Antipatrids: Cassander • Philip IV • Alexander V • Antipater II

Antigonids: Demetrius I • Lysimachus and Pyrrhus • Ptolemy II • Meleager • Antipater II • Sosthenes • Antigonus II • Demetrius II • Antigonus III • Philip V • Perseus

¹ Regent of Macedon ² Titular king only