Philip VI Eupator
| Philip VI Eupator | |
|---|---|
| Basileus of the Alcaenian Empire | |
| Reign | 251 – 249 BC |
| Coronation | 283 BC |
| Predecessor | Philip V |
| Successor | Mithridates V |
| Born | 285 BC Mithradat-Alcaeia |
| Died | 249 BC (aged 36) |
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| Dynasty | Aegaid |
| Father | Philip V |
| Mother | Barsine II |
Philip VI Eupator commonly known by his epithet, Eupator meaning "Of a good ancestry/father" (285- 249 BC) was the Basileus of the Alcaenian empire (what becameMesogeia). He succeeded his father Philip V as emperor upon the latter's death in 251 BC, and reigned until his own death some two years later.
During his short reign the empire was severly weakened as enemies on all sides of began chipping away at the empire's once inseparable territories. The weakening of the empire had been cleverly hidden behind the luxuriousness of his father's reign, but at the death of Philip V it was clear to the empire's enemies that the Alcaenian empire was no longer as formidable as it once was.
Within days of his father's death, Philip VI had his brother Tiridates assassinated by having him scalded to death in own bath. Historians are stil puzzeled in regards to the motive behind his murder of one brother and the sparing of his younger brother Mithridates (then a boy of fifteen), whatever the case his younger brother would become one of the last great military geniusus of the Aegaid empire before the drastic decline of the empire
He unsuccessfully tried to continue his father's war in the north east of Scipia against [PLACEHOLDER COUNTRY], but was assasinated by war weary nobles at the age of thirt-six, before he could make any major military exploits.
The throne passed to his younger brother Mithridates V.