Perseus of Macedon

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Ancient Macedonian human king of Macedon monarch

Perseus of Macedon was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, whose defeat by Rome in the Third Macedonian War led to the end of the Macedonian kingdom as an independent state.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Perseus of Macedon canonical	13

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ancient Macedonian ⓘ human ⓘ king of Macedon ⓘ monarch ⓘ
battle	Battle of Pydna NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Macedon ⓘ
captivityLocation	Alba Fucens ⓘ
capturedBy	Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus ⓘ
causeOfEndOfRole	defeat by Rome in the Third Macedonian War ⓘ
child	Alexander (son of Perseus of Macedon) ⓘ Philip (son of Perseus of Macedon) ⓘ Philip (son of Perseus of Macedon) ⓘ surface form: Philippos (younger son of Perseus of Macedon)
conflict	Macedonian Wars ⓘ surface form: Third Macedonian War
country	Macedon ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Macedon
deathPlace	Alba Fucens ⓘ
dynastyEnd	end of Antigonid rule in Macedon ⓘ
endOfReignCause	Roman victory in the Third Macedonian War ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period ⓘ
father	Philip V of Macedon ⓘ
historicalPeriod	2nd century BC ⓘ
knownFor	being the last Antigonid king of Macedon ⓘ resisting Roman expansion in Greece ⓘ
languageSpoken	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mother	Polycratia of Argos ⓘ
name	Perseus ⓘ
notableEvent	defeat at the Battle of Pydna ⓘ
opponent	Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
politicalStatusAfterDefeat	Roman prisoner ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Macedon ⓘ
predecessor	Philip V of Macedon ⓘ
regionRuled	Macedonia region ⓘ surface form: Macedonia
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
royalHouse	Antigonid dynasty ⓘ
sibling	Demetrius I of Macedon ⓘ surface form: Demetrius of Macedon
significance	his defeat marked the end of Macedon as an independent kingdom ⓘ last king of the Antigonid dynasty ⓘ
spouse	Laodice V ⓘ
successorState	Roman-controlled Macedonian provinces ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macedon → notableKing → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids → notableRuler → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Macedonian Wars → conflictBetween → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

subject surface form: Third Macedonian War

Attalus II Philadelphus → opponent → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Philip V of Macedon → successor → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Philip V of Macedon → child → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Life of Aemilius Paulus → historicalFigureDescribed → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Pydna → commandedBy → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Pydna (168 BC)

Antigonid dynasty → hasMember → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Gentius → alliance → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Macedonians → notableKing → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Battle of Pydna (168 BC) → opposedBy → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ

Battle of Pydna (168 BC) → combatantCommander → Perseus of Macedon ⓘ