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Philip V of Macedon

238 BC - 179 BC

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Philip V (Greek: Φίλιππος Philippos; 238–179 BC) was king (Basileus) of Macedonia from 221 to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of the Roman Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip V of Macedon has received more than 357,909 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Philip V of Macedon is the 1,533rd most popular politician (down from 1,290th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Greece (down from 111th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Politician.

Philip V of Macedon is most famous for his defeat of Rome in the Third Macedonian War.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philip V of Macedon ranks 1,533 out of 15,577. Before him are Lin Biao, Hassanal Bolkiah, Juba II, Hippias, Jiang Ziya, and Ferdinand I of Aragon. After him are John II of Castile, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Ferdinand I of León, Theuderic I, and Abaqa Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 238 BC, Philip V of Macedon ranks 2. Before him is Masinissa.  Among people deceased in 179 BC, Philip V of Macedon ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philip V of Macedon ranks 130 out of 936. Before him are Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Phaedrus (-20), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Ictinus (-500), and Hippias (-600). After him are Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Cratylus (-500), Djemal Pasha (1872), Tyrtaeus (-700), Thespis (-600), and Pope Eleutherius (171).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Philip V of Macedon ranks 51. Before him are John V Palaiologos (1332), Critias (-460), Alexander of Greece (1893), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), and Hippias (-600). After him are Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Agesilaus II (-444), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), and Pleistarchus (-500).

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