# Perseus — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Perseus in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Perseus the Macedonian

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Last king of Macedon, defeated by the Romans at Pydna.

## In the story

### [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/dedication)

Mentioned as an example of a king who had nothing of the king but the kingdom, contrasted with Hiero of Syracuse.

### [Chapter XXXV: Of the danger incurred in being the first to recommend new measures; and that the more unusual the measures the greater the danger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxxv)

Macedonian king who, after defeat, killed a companion who belatedly pointed out his mistakes.

### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxxvii)

Mentioned as the son of Philip of Macedon.

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