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Perseus

Perseus (212-165 or 162): last king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 179-168.

212: Born as second son of king Philip V
199: Fights against the Paeones in the north
189: Besieges Amphilochia in the southwest
183: Fights against the Thracians, in whose territory he founds Perseis
180: Demetrius, the crown prince and Perseus' older brother, plans to dethrone his father, become king, and embark upon a more pro-Roman policy; Perseus discovers it and tells his father, who executes his son.
179: Accession of Perseus, who is detested by the Romans.
Considerable diplomatic successes in Greece, the Seleucid Empire, and Rhodes (178: Perseus marries Laodice, his sister marries to king Prusias II of Bithynia).
The king of Pergamon, Eumenes II Soter, becomes suspicious and tells Rome.
172: Outbreak of the Third Macedonian War. The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Perseus' brother-in-law Prusias refuse to support him.
168: Decisive defeat at Pydna; Perseus is captured.
165 or 162: Perseus dies in Roman captivity.

Succeeded by: Roman occupation of Macedonia