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Philip the Arab

Roman Emperor (204-249)

10 dated entries naming Philip the Arab, drawn from 8 separate years between 204 CE and 249 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century

  • 204Philip the Arab, Roman emperor (d. 249)source
  • 243Emperor Gordian III appoints Philip the Arab as his new praetorian prefect (after the death of Timesitheus) and proceeds with his campaign in Mesopotamia.source
  • 244Philip the Arab (Marcus Julius Philippus) declares himself co-emperor, and makes a controversial peace with the Sassanian Empire, withdrawing from their territory and giving Shapur 500,000 gold pieces. The Sassanians occupy Armenia.source
  • 244244–249 – Bust of Philip the Arab (in Braccio Nuovo, Vatican Museums, Rome).source
  • 245Emperor Philip the Arab entrusts Trajan Decius with an important command on the Danube.source
  • 246Emperor Philip the Arab fights the Germans along the Danube River.source
  • 247Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus and his 10-year-old son Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar become Roman Consuls.source
  • 247Emperor Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome by holding the Ludi Saeculares.source
  • 248The revolts of Pacatianus in Moesia and Iotapianus in Syria are put down by Senator Trajan Decius, by order of Emperor Philip the Arab.source
  • 249Battle of Verona: Decius defeats and kills Emperor Philip the Arab.source

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