Perseus of Macedon
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Perseus was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 179 until 168 BC. He is widely regarded as the last king of Macedonia and the last ruler from the Antigonid Dynasty, as his defeat by Rome
Tetradrachm of Perseus, minted between 179–172 BC at Pella or Amphipolis. The reverse depicts Zeus' eagle on a thunderbolt, with the legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΣΕΩΣ ("King Perseus").
Perseus surrenders to Aemilius Paullus by Jean-François Pierre Peyron, ca. 1802.
Statue of Perseus in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Pella
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Pella was the capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from the 4th century BC up until the Roman conquest in 168 BC. It is located 1 km outside the modern town of Pella in Central Macedonia, G
The main courtyard of the House of Dionysos
House of Dionysus (325–300 BC).
Lion hunt mosaic
Stag Hunt Mosaic from the House of the Abduction of Helen.