{"slug": "perseus-of-macedon", "label": "Perseus of Macedon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_of_Macedon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207363", "qid": "Q207363", "description": "King of Macedonia from 179 to 168 BC", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [-179, -165], "span_label": ["180 BCE", "166 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "macedon", "label": "Macedon", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "pergamum", "label": "Pergamum", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thessaly", "label": "Thessaly", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "philip-v-of-macedon", "label": "Philip V of Macedon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-senate", "label": "Roman Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "delphi", "label": "Delphi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eumenes-ii", "label": "Eumenes II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abdera-thrace", "label": "Abdera, Thrace", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "illyria", "label": "Illyria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -179, "year_label": "180 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "After three years of intriguing against his younger brother Demetrius, including accusing him of coveting the succession to the Macedonian throne and being allied to Rome, Perseus persuades his father King Philip V of Macedon to have Demetrius executed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100368#Greece", "title": "180 BC", "revid": 1266100368, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -178, "year_label": "179 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Philip V of Macedon dies at Amphipolis in Macedonia, remorseful for having put his younger son Demetrius to death, at the instigation of his older son Perseus. Nevertheless, he is succeeded by his son Perseus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1209269446#Greece", "title": "179 BC", "revid": 1209269446, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -177, "year_label": "178 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "One of Perseus' first acts on becoming king of Macedonia is to renew the treaty between Macedonia and Rome. In the meantime, Perseus builds up the Macedonian army and puts out feelers for creating an alliance with the Greek leagues, with his northern barbarian neighbours, and also with the Seleucid king Seleucus IV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370481929#Greece", "title": "178 BC", "revid": 1370481929, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -176, "year_label": "177 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Perseus of Macedonia marries Laodice, the daughter of the Seleucid king Seleucus IV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242433424#Greece", "title": "177 BC", "revid": 1242433424, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -171, "year_label": "172 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Eumenes II of Pergamum travels to Rome to warn the Roman Senate of the danger from Perseus of Macedon. On his return from Rome, Eumenes II is nearly killed at Delphi and Perseus is suspected of being the instigator.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370481117#Greece", "title": "172 BC", "revid": 1370481117, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -170, "year_label": "171 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Thanks to the efforts of Eumenes II of Pergamum while in Rome, the Romans declare war on Macedonia and send troops to Thessaly, thus beginning the Third Macedonian War. In the resulting Battle of Callicinus the Macedonians, led by their king, Perseus, are victorious over a Roman force led by consul Publius Licinius Crassus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698432#Greece", "title": "171 BC", "revid": 1352698432, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -169, "year_label": "170 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In Thessaly, King Perseus of Macedon repulses a Roman army which is commanded by Aulus Hostilius Mancinus. Meanwhile, the Thracian city of Abdera is sacked by Roman and Pergamese troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289094585#Greece", "title": "170 BC", "revid": 1289094585, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -168, "year_label": "169 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Macedonian forces led by Perseus of Macedon trap a Roman army led by Consul Quintus Marcius Phillipus near Tempe, but the Macedonians fail to take advantage of their resulting superior tactical position.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360213483#Greece", "title": "169 BC", "revid": 1360213483, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -167, "year_label": "168 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The king of Illyria, Gentius, is defeated at Scodra by a Roman force under Lucius Anicius Gallus and then brought to Rome as a captive to be interned in Iguvium. This loss removes Illyria as an important ally for Macedonia and effectively weakens Perseus of Macedon in his battle with Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698468#Albania", "title": "168 BC", "revid": 1352698468, "section": "Events › By place › Albania"}}, {"year": -166, "year_label": "167 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Private documents collected by the Romans when they capture Perseus of Macedon incriminate political leaders of the Achaean League. Many influential Greeks are deported to Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340086150#Greece", "title": "167 BC", "revid": 1340086150, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -165, "year_label": "166 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Perseus, the last Macedonian king of the Antigonid dynasty (b. c. 212 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1209983742#Deaths", "title": "166 BC", "revid": 1209983742, "section": "Deaths"}}]}