# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/perseus-of-macedon
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:44:05.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/perseus-of-macedon"
name: "Perseus of Macedon"
slug: "perseus-of-macedon"
description: "The last king of Macedon, whose loss to Rome at Pydna in 168 BC closed the book on three centuries of Antigonid rule and erased his kingdom as an independent power."
tagline: "King of Macedonia from 179 to 168 BC"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Perseus_of_Macedon_BM.jpg"
gender: "male"
profileType:
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birthDate: "-212"
deathDate: "-166"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.56
  momentum:             1.221462847171732
  historical:           22.277812
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Journalist"
    slug: "journalist"
  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Ancient History"
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    title: "Персей Македонскі"
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    title: "Perseu de Macedònia"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "페르세우스 (마케도니아)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Perseus inherited the Macedonian throne in 179 BC, the final ruler of the Antigonid line that had held the kingdom since Alexander's successors carved up his empire. His reign ran eleven years before Rome forced the showdown. At Pydna in 168 BC, during the Third Macedonian War, his army broke against the legions. The defeat didn't just end his rule—it ended Macedon itself as a sovereign state, collapsing a dynasty and a political identity that had stretched back centuries.