Ruler · 238 – 179 BCE

Philip V of Macedon

Lived 238 – 179 BCE. King of Macedonia (Macedonia), 221 BCE – 179 BCE; also in the line of Antigonid dynasty.

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Lived: 238 BCE – 179 BCE; 59 years
In office: 42 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King of Macedonia

Macedonia · the 24th of 25 dated reigns · 393 BCE – 168 BCE

20 before

Pyrrhus of Epirus274 BCE – 272 BCE

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 221 BCE – 179 BCE · 42 years · came to it aged 17

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 179 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Antigonid dynasty (5th of 6).

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