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Born c.213 BCE or c.212 BCE
Died c.165 BCE • Alba Fucens • Italy
Title / Office king (179BC-168BC), Macedonia
Role In Macedonian Wars
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Antigonus II Gonatas
king of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
Philip V
Philip V
king of Macedonia
Lysimachus
king of Macedonia
Cassander
king of Macedonia
Antipater
regent of Macedonia
Antigonus III Doson
king of Macedonia
Perdiccas
Macedonian general and regent
Demetrius I Poliorcetes
king of Macedonia
Parmenio
Macedonian general
Craterus
Macedonian general
Demetrius II
king of Macedonia
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Frederick II
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia

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