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Group: Italy, Diocese of
People: Louis Anquetin
Topic: Kalka River, Battle of the
Location: Besançon Franche-Comte France

Perseus the eldest son and successor in …

Years: 176BCE - 176BCE

Perseus the eldest son and successor in 179 BCE of the recently deceased Philip V of Macedon, secures his position by arranging dynastic marriages with other Hellenistic kings, taking the daughter of Seleucus IV of Syria as his wife and giving the hand of his sister to Prusias II of Bithynia, son of Prusias I Cholus.

In addition, he uses diplomacy to extend his influence.