 Leading his army back up the Euphrates, south of Circesium Philip erected a cenotaph in honor of Gordian III, but his ashes were sent ahead to Rome, where he arranged for Gordian III's deification.Whilst in Antioch, he left his brother Priscus as extraordinary ruler of the Eastern provinces, with the title of "rector Orientis".Moving westward, he gave his brother-in-law Severianus control of the provinces of Moesia and Macedonia.