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ANDRISCUS , often called the "pseudo-See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip," a See also:fuller of Adramyttium, who claimed to be a son of See also:Perseus, last See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Macedonia. He occupied the See also:throne for a See also:year (149—148 B.c.). Unable to obtain a following in Macedonia, he applied to See also:Demetrius See also:Soter of See also:Syria, who handed him over to the See also:Romans. He contrived, however, to See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape; reappeared in Macedonia with a large See also:body of Thracians; and, having completely defeated the See also:praetor Publius Juventius (149), he assumed the See also:title of king. His See also:conquest of See also:Thessaly and See also:alliance with See also:Carthage made the situation dangerous. Eventually he was defeated by Q. See also:Caecilius See also:Metellus (148), and fled to See also:Thrace, whose See also:prince gave him up to See also:Rome. He figured in the See also:triumph of Metellus (146), who received the title of "Macedonicus" for his victory. Andriscus's brief reign was marked by See also:cruelty and See also:extortion. After this Macedonia was formally reduced to a See also:province.
Velleius Paterculus See also:Florus ii. 14; See also:Livy, Epit. 49, 50, 52; Diod. Sic. xxxii. 9.
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