Coin SRIBLE Original Ancient Rome Emperor Philip I Arab Millennium Rome-Lan Marcus Iulius Philippus, known in historiography as Philip I of Arabia, was Roman emperor from 244 to 249. Philip returned to Rome in August 247 where he spent a lot of money on the most significant event of his reign "the Secular Games, which were held in honor of the millennium of the founding of Rome. This holiday was celebrated in April 248, as it is traditionally believed that the capital was founded on April 21, 753 BC by the first Roman king Romulus. According to contemporaries, the holiday was very luxurious and included theatrical performances throughout the city and the game. In the Colosseum, battles were fought with the participation of many wild animals - hippos, leopards, lions, giraffes and one rhino, which were appointed by Gordian III to celebrate his triumph over the Persians, more than a thousand gladiators died with these animals. This event was also described in several works, including the work of the Roman historian Gaius Azinius Quadratus “History of a thousand years”, specially prepared for the anniversary. Roman residents were given subsidies in the form of special coins with the inscription Aeternitas Augustorum (Ukr. Eternity to the emperor). That year the emperor appointed his son Augustus and sang the Governor