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Pydna
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Pydna (pĭd`nə), ancient town of Pieria, S Macedonia, near the Gulf of Salonica (now Thessaloníki). Nearby in 168 B.C. the Romans under Aemilius Paullus Paullus, Aemilius (Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus) (ēmĭl`ēəs), c.229–160 B.C., Roman general.
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 defeated the Macedonians under Perseus Perseus, c.212–166 B.C., last king of Macedon (179–168 B.C.), son and successor of Philip V. He intrigued against his younger brother, Demetrius, eventually bringing about the latter's execution by Philip V.
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 and thus ended the kingdom of Macedon.

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