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1. A man of low origin, who pretended to be a natural son of Perseus, king of Macedonia, was
seized by Demetrius, king of Syria, and sent to Rome. He escaped, however, from Rome, and
finding many partizans, assumed the name of Philip and obtained possession of Macedonia. His
reign, which was marked by acts of cruelty, did not last much more than a year. He defeated
the praetor Juventius, but was conquered by Caccilius Metellus, and conducted to Rome in
chains to adorn the triumph of the latter, Exc. xxxii. p. 590, &c., ed.
Wess.; Polyb. xxxvii. Exc. Vatic. ed. Mai;