Ruler · 212 – 166 BCE

Perseus of Macedon

Lived 212 – 166 BCE; military personnel. King of Macedonia (Macedonia), 179 BCE – 168 BCE; also in the line of Antigonid dynasty.

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Lived: 212 BCE – 166 BCE; 46 years
In office: 11 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

King of Macedonia

Macedonia · the 25th of 25 dated reigns · 393 BCE – 168 BCE

21 before

Demetrius II Aetolicus239 BCE – 229 BCE

Antigonus III Doson229 BCE – 221 BCE

Philip V of Macedon221 BCE – 179 BCE

Perseus of Macedon179 BCE – 168 BCE

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 179 BCE – 168 BCE · 11 years · came to it aged 33

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 168 BCE; they died in 166 BCE

Also in the line of Antigonid dynasty (6th of 6).

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