Editing Philip V of Macedon (section)

==Early life==
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[[File:Philip V of Macedon coin cropped.png|thumb|Didrachm of Philip V of Macedon]]

Philip was the son of [[Demetrius II of Macedon]], and either [[Phthia of Macedon]] or Chryseis.{{sfn|Nicholson|2023|p=2}}{{sfn|Carney|2000|pp=190–193}} Philip was nine years old when his father died in 229 BC. His elder paternal half-sister was [[Apama III]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livius.org/de-dh/demetrius/demetrius_ii.html|title=Demetrius II - Livius|website=www.livius.org|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> Philip's great-uncle, [[Antigonus III Doson]], administered the kingdom as regent and then king until his death in 221 BC when Philip was seventeen years old (Plb. 4.2.5, 4.5.3-4; Just. 28.4.16, 29.1.1).<ref name="D'Agostini 2019a">{{cite book |title=The Rise of Philip V|last= D'Agostini|first= Monica|year= 2019 |publisher= Edizioni dell'Orso |page=13-29, 39-41}}</ref>

Philip was attractive and charismatic as a young man. A dashing and courageous warrior, he was compared to [[Alexander the Great]], modelled himself on [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]], and is said by Polybius to have become ''a universal beloved of the Greeks'' ({{lang|grc|κοινός τις...ἐρώμενος...τῶν Ἑλλήνων; Plb. 7.8.11}}) because of his benevolent conduct towards them.{{sfn|Nicholson|2023|p=104}} He had a close relationship with [[Aratus of Sicyon]], who until 213 BC held a prestigious position at his court.<ref name="D'Agostini 2019b">{{cite book |title=The Rise of Philip V |last= D'Agostini|first= Monica|year= 2019 |publisher= Edizioni dell'Orso |page=29-31}}</ref>

After ascending to the throne, in the first year of his reign Philip V pushed back the [[Dardani]] and other tribes in the north of [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}