Macedon
Appearance
Macedon Μακεδονία Makedonía | |||||||||||||||
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800s BC–146 BC | |||||||||||||||
![]() Kinrick o Macedon efter Philip's II daith. | |||||||||||||||
Caipital | Aigaitil aboot 400 BC when moved biArchelaustaePella | ||||||||||||||
Common leids | Auncient Macedonian,laterAttic/Koine Greek | ||||||||||||||
Releegion | Auncient Greek releegion | ||||||||||||||
Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
Keeng | |||||||||||||||
• 808 - 778 BC | Karanus | ||||||||||||||
• 359 - 336 BC | Philip II o Macedon | ||||||||||||||
• 336 - 323 BC | Alexander the Great | ||||||||||||||
• 221 - 179 BC | Philip V o Macedon | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Classical Antiquity | ||||||||||||||
•Karanusestablishes theArgead dynasty | 800s BC | ||||||||||||||
•Amyntas IIIunifies Macedon | 382 BC | ||||||||||||||
• Conquered bi theRoman Republicin theFowerth Macedon War | 146 BC | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Greek drachma | ||||||||||||||
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MacedonieorMacedon(fraeGreek:Μακεδονία,Makedonía) wis an auncient Greekkinrick.The kinrick, centered in the northeastren pairt o theGreek peninsula,[1]wis bordered biEpirustae the wast,Paeonietae the north, the region oThracetae the east anThessalytae the sooth. Therise o Macedon,frae a smaa kinrick at the periphery oClassical Greekaffairs, tae ane which came tae dominate the entire Hellenic warld, occurred unner the reign oPhilip II.For a brief period, efter the conquests oAlexander the Great,it acame the maist pouerful state in the warld, controllin a territory that included the umwhilePersie empire,stretchin as far as theIndus River;at that time it inauguratit theHellenistic periodoAuncient Greek ceevilization.
References
- ↑"Macedonia".Encyclopædia Britannica.Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2008.Retrieved3 November2008.