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Philip V

Ally of Hannibal

Philip V was a Greek king active in the 3rd c. BC during the Hellenistic period based in Macedon. Died of natural causes.

Historical Note

Allied with Hannibal against Rome, only to lose his fleet, his Greek possessions, and finally Macedon itself at Cynoscephalae (197 BC) — broken by a Roman legion against his beloved phalanx.

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