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Perseus tetradrachm
Perseus, the last Macedonian king, succeeded his father, Philip V, in 179 B.C.
From
the beginning he was careful in securing allies against his greatest
threat, Eumenes II of Pergamon. He renewed a treaty with Rome, which
treated him as an ally until Eumenes convinced Rome to declare war
against Perseus in 171 B.C.
The
conflict dragged on for three years, until the Roman commander,
Aemilius Paullus, confronted Perseus at Pydna in Macedonia, where the
Macedonian army was slaughtered. Perseus eventually surrendered to the
Romans and died in captivity in Rome.
Macedonia was divided into four powerless republics, and the kingdom of Alexander the Great ceased to exist. |
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