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See also: Roman emperor A.D
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244 to 249, often called " See also: Philip the Arab," was a native of Bostra in
See also: Arabia Trachonitis
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Having entered the Roman army, he See also: rose to be praetorian See also: praefect in the Persian See also: campaign of See also: Gordian III., and, inspiring the soldiers to slay the See also: young emperor, was raised by them to the See also: purple (244)
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Of his reign little is known except that he celebrated the secular See also: games with See also: great pomp in 248, when See also: Rome was supposed to have reached the thousandth See also: year of her existence
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A See also: rebellion broke out among the legions of See also: Moesia, and Decius, who was sent to quell it, was forced by the troops to put himself at their See also: head and See also: march upon
See also: Italy
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Philip was defeated and slain in a See also: battle near See also: Verona
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According to Christian writers, he was a convert to See also: Christianity
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See Aurelius Victor, Caesares, 28; See also: Eutropius, ix
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3; See also: Zonaras,
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