Perseus

Relatives:

• Father: Philip V
• Mother: Polycratia of Argos
• Wife: Laodice V (daughter of Seleucus IV Philopator)
• Children: Alexander, Philip, Andriscus (?), daughter

Main deeds:

• 212: Born as second son of king Philip V
• 199: Fights against the Paeones
• 189: Besieges Amphilochia
• 183: Fights against the Thracians, in whose territory he founds Perseis
• 180: Demetrius, the crown prince, plans to dethrone his father, become king, and embark upon a more pro-Roman policy; Perseus discovers it and tells his father, who executes his son.
• 179: Accession of Perseus, who is detested by the Romans.
• Considerable diplomatic successes in Greece, the Seleucid Empire, and Rhodes (178: Perseus marries Laodice, his sister marries to king Prusias II of Bithynia).
• The king of Pergamon, Eumenes II Soter, becomes suspicious and tells Rome.
• 172: Outbreak of the Third Macedonian War. The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Perseus' brother-in-law Prusias refuse to support him.
• 168: Decisive defeat at Pydna; Perseus is captured.
• 165 or 162: Perseus dies in Roman captivity.