Philip the Arab
c. 204 CE–c. 249 CE · Shahba
Roman emperor (244-249 CE) who presided over the games marking Rome's 1000th anniversary in 248 before falling in battle near Verona to the usurper Decius. A Christian tradition preserved by the church historian Eusebius held Philip to be the first Christian emperor, reporting that the theologian Origen wrote letters to him and his wife Otacilia Severa; modern historians treat this as unverified and at most evidence of tolerance toward Christians rather than confirmed adherence.
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