Philip (son of Demetrius)

Also known as: Philip the son of Demetrius / Philip, the son of Demetrius · Family: Macedonians · Role: king of Macedonia · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 36

In Book 1, Chapter 36, Philip is identified as the son of Demetrius (father of Philip) and king of the Macedonians. Cephisodorus became leader of the people and opposed him, while Roman forces reduced Philip and the Macedonians.

In Book 2, Chapter 9, Philip poisoned Aratus the son of Clinias unexpectedly at Ægium, and also poisoned the Athenian orators Euryclides and Micon. Later, Perseus poisoned Philip’s son Demetrius (son of Philip), and the loss caused Philip’s death from grief. In Book 7, Chapter 7, Philip came of age and received rule over the Macedonians from his stepfather and regent, Antigonus (regent for Philip), who was also his uncle. Philip made three towns garrison-towns, calling them “the keys of Greece.”

At Cynoscephalæ in Book 7, Chapter 8, Philip was decisively defeated by Flaminius and the Romans, lost most of his army, and was required to remove his garrisons from Greek towns. He later reduced Dyme in war. In Book 8, Chapter 50, he sent men to kill Philopœmen at Megalopolis, but the attempt failed. In Book 10, he besieged Lilæa, which capitulated and received a garrison; at Elatea he inspired terror and won influential townspeople with bribes, but the city remained faithful to him and was reduced by a Roman blockade. Otilius expelled the people of Anticyra because of their loyalty to Philip.