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Macedonia, also called Macedon, was ruled continuously by kings from its inception around the middle of the seventh century BC until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 168 BC. Kingship in Macedonia , its earliest attested political institution, was hereditary, exclusively male, and characterized by dynastic politics.
The name Macedonia (Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonía) comes from the ethnonym Μακεδόνες (Makedónes), which itself is derived from the ancient Greek adjective μακεδνός (makednós), meaning "tall, slim", also the name of a people related to the Dorians , and possibly descriptive of Ancient Macedonians. [10]
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.
Hippolochus (early 3rd century BC) description of a Macedonian wedding feast; Poseidippus of Cassandreia (c. 288 BC) comic poet; Poseidippus of Pella (c. 280 BC–240 BC) epigrammatic poet; Amerias (3rd century BC) lexicographer; Craterus (historian) (3rd century BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica
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).
The names occur also in the second decree below [4] Aeropos Ἀέροπος son of Philippos; Agelaos Ἀγέλαος son of Alketes; Alketas Ἀλκέτας son of Alexandros I (and one Alexandros son of Alketes) Archelas Ἀρχέλας son of Perdikkas II (Archelaus I of Macedon) Menelaos Μενέλαος son of Alexandros
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
Wars involving Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (5 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Macedonia (ancient kingdom)" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.