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Name Reign Succession Life details Perdiccas I: fl. c. 650 BC: According to various ancient authors, either the son of Caranus or Tyrimmas Conquered Macedonia after settling near Mount Bermion. [20] Argaeus I: fl. c. 623: Son of Perdiccas I Possibly established the cult of Dionysus in Macedonia [21] Philip I: fl. c. 593: Son of Argaeus I Aeropus I
Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonía), also called Macedon (/ ˈ m æ s ɪ d ɒ n / MASS-ih-don), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, [6] which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. [7]
The Kingdom of Macedonia (in dark orange) in c. 336 BC, at the end of the reign of Philip II of Macedon; other territories include Macedonian dependent states (light orange), the Molossians of Epirus (light red), Thessaly (desert sand color), the allied League of Corinth (yellow), neutral states of Sparta and Crete, and the western territories of the Achaemenid Empire in Anatolia (violet purple).
Nicaea of Macedonia daughter of Antipater, wife of Lysimachus; Nicesipolis wife of Philip, mother of Thessalonica; Olympias mother of Alexander; Phila, daughter of Antipater, wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes and mother of Antigonus II Gonatas; Philinna of Larissa, wife of Philip, mother of Philip III of Macedon; Stratonice of Macedonia wife of ...
This material supports the observation that Macedonian personal names have a predominantly Greek character. [195] Macedonian toponyms and hydronyms are mostly of Greek origin (e.g. Aegae, Dion, Pieria, Haliacmon), as are the names of the months of the Macedonian calendar and the names of most of the deities the Macedonians worshiped.
Non-dynastic kings of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (4 P) Pages in category "Ancient Macedonian monarchs" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
For the following period of Macedonian supremacy, see Category:Macedonia (ancient kingdom). Macedonian kingdom, kingdoms in Upper Macedonia and New Territories, East of the kingdom, definitely conquered at the beginning of Philip's II reign
The first government of ancient Macedonia was established by the Argead dynasty of Macedonian kings during the Archaic period (8th–5th centuries BC). The early history of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia is obscure because of shortcomings in the historical record ; little is known of governmental institutions before the reign of Philip II ...