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Definition of Philip V
1. Noun. King of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philip V
Literary usage of Philip V
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Philip V, king of Macedon: b. 237; d. Amphipolis, 179 BC He was eight years old
at the death of his father, and came to the throne in 220 after nine years ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Philip V was righteously indignant. It was easy to show that the situation ...
On the afternoon of July 9, 1746, Philip V broke a blood-vessel, and died. ..."
3. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"It was inevitable that Philip V and his French advisers should entertain very
different views as to the relations between the king and the Inquisition from ..."
4. A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe by David Jayne Hill (1914)
"... Philip v with Beretti-Landi, and large subsidies were promised for Russian
help, nothing practical resulted from the appeal. ..."
5. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"The principal of those were, that Philip V. should either resign the crown ...
Philip V. as soon as the question was submitted to him, wisely preferred the ..."
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