Saturday, May 31, 2008

Philippus Arabs

Philippus Arabs: "Philippus the Arab

Statue of Philip the Arab. Musei Capitolini, Roma (Italy).
Philippus Arabs (Musei Capitolini, Roma; ©**)
Philippus Arabs: emperor of the Roman world (244-249).

Names:

* ±204(?): Marcus Julius Philippus
* February 244: Imperator Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
* September 249: killed in action

Successor of: Gordian III

Relatives:

* father: Julius Marinus
* married to: Marcia Otacilia Severa
* children: Marcus Julius Philippus Junior


Coin commemorating Rome's 1000th birthday, showing the Temple of Venus and Roma.
Coin commemorating Rome's 1000th birthday, showing the Temple of Venus and Roma (Römisch-Germanisches
Zentralmuseum, Mainz)

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