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PERSEUS OF MACEDONIA (b. c. 212 B.C.)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 187 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PERSEUS OF
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MACEDONIA (b. c. 212 B.C.)  , the last
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king of
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Macedonia, eldest son of
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Philip V . He had his
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brother
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Demetrius killed, and thus cleared his way to the
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throne in 179 .
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War
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broke out with
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Rome in 171 B.C. when P .
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Licinius
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Crassus was sent to attack him .
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Perseus defeated Crassus at Callinicus in
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Thessaly, but in 168 he was annihilated at Pydna by L .
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Aemilius
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Paulus . He was led in
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triumph through Rome, and died in captivity at
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Alba Fucens .

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