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

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