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Philip V of Macedon
king of Macedon
Years: 238BCE - 179BCE
Philip V (238 BCE – 179 BCE) is King of Macedon from 221 BCE to 179 BCE.
Philip's reign is principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of Rome.
Philip is attractive and charismatic as a young man.
A dashing and courageous warrior, he is inevitably compared to Alexander the Great and is nicknamed the beloved of the Greeks because he became, as Polybius put it, "...the beloved of the Hellenes for his charitable inclination"
