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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
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
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Antigonus II Gonatas
king of Macedonia
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
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
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Lysimachus
king of Macedonia
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Cassander
king of Macedonia
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Antipater
regent of Macedonia
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Antigonus III Doson
king of Macedonia
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Perdiccas
Macedonian general and regent
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Demetrius I Poliorcetes
king of Macedonia
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Parmenio
Macedonian general
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Demetrius II
king of Macedonia
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Craterus
Macedonian general
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Portrait painting of Frederick II of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, wearing a dark coat with a star medal, yellow gloves, and holding a cane, with the inscription Fridericus II Rex Prussiae.
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.
Peter I
emperor of Russia

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