Philip the Arab Timeline Game
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About This Challenge
Philip the Arab was an important figure in Roman history, known for his reign as emperor from 244 to 249 AD. To learn more about his life and the events that shaped his rule, play our timeline game below:
- Players will need to correctly place events from Philip the Arab’s reign in their correct chronological order
- Test your knowledge of Roman history and see if you can accurately sequence the key events from this period
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- 204 AD: Philip the Arab is born in Shahba, Roman Syria
- 230 AD: Philip becomes a prominent lawyer in Rome
- 243 AD: Philip is appointed as a praetorian prefect by Emperor Gordian III
- 244 AD: Philip marries Otacilia Severa
- 244 AD: Philip is proclaimed emperor by the army after the murder of Gordian III
- 245 AD: Philip makes peace with the Persians and secures the eastern frontier
- 248 AD: Philip celebrates the millennium of Rome
- 248 AD: Philip launches a campaign against the Carpi tribes on the Danube frontier
- 247 AD: Philip and his son, Philip II, are declared consuls
- 248 AD: Philip celebrates the secular games in Rome
- 249 AD: Philip grants rights and privileges to the inhabitants of the Italian peninsula
- 249 AD: Philip defeats a revolt led by Jotapianus in Syria
- 249 AD: Philip defeats the Goths in the Balkans
- 249 AD: Philip is assassinated by his own troops during a campaign against Decius
- 249 AD: Philip's son, Philip II, is also killed
- 249 AD: Philip is deified by the Senate
- 249 AD: Philip's successor, Decius, erases his memory and persecutes his family
- ongoing: Philip the Arab remains a controversial figure in Roman history