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Philip or Philip the Arabian (Marcus Julius Philippus), 204?-249, Roman emperor (244-49). He served under Gordian III against the Persians, instigated the assassination of the emperor, and concluded a peace with Persia. The millennium of Rome was celebrated by him with the splendor of secular games in the Circus Maximus. Philip sent Decius to the Danube to quell a mutiny, but when the troops hailed Decius as emperor, he marched at their head upon Italy. Philip met them near Verona and was slain.

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Philip the Arabian

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Philip the Arabian (d. 249), Roman Emperor from 244. He celebrated the millennium of Rome's foundation in 248 with pomp and the customary religious observance. This fact, and his coins, tell against the tradition that he was a Christian. He seems to have tolerated Christianity.

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