Macedon
There are 337 items in Macedon:
Alexander the Great |
Persian Gate (330 BCE)
Persian Gate: site along the Royal Road where, in the first days of 330 BCE, the Persian commander Ariobarzanes was defeated by Alexander the Great. …Peucestas (1)
Peucestas: Macedonian officer in the army of Alexander the Great, satrap of Persis.Peucestas was born in the Macedonian town Mieza (modern Naousa) as the son of an otherwise unknown Alexander. The stages of his early career are unknown to us and…Peucestas (2)
Peucestas:Macedonian officer in the army of Alexander the Great, served in Egypt.The Macedonian king Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 331. The Persian troops surrendered without fighting, and Alexander had to appoint new governors to the country. The civil administration…
Philip's phalanx |
Phila I
Phila (c.355- 288): Macedonian lady, wife of Craterus.Relatives Father: Antipater First husband: Alexander of Lyncestis Second husband: Balacrus Third husband: Craterus Son: Craterus Fourth husband: Demetrius Poliorcetes Children: Stratonice I and Antigonus Gonatas Main deeds c.355: Born as daughter of Antipater, First marriage to Alexander of Lyncestis, a Macedonian nobleman 336:…Philip Arrhidaeus
Philip Arrhidaeus (c.356-317): the mentally deficient and epileptic brother of Alexander the Great who succeeded him as king of the Macedonian Empire in 323, but had several regents, who all used their pupil for their own purposes. …Philip II of Macedonia
Philip II (*382): king of Macedonia (r.360-336), responsible for the modernization of his kingdom and its expansion into Greece, father of Alexander the Great. …Philip V
Philip V: king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 221-179. His reign witnessed an expansion of Macedonian power, but an even greater expansion of the power of Rome, which gains considerable influence in Greece.Relatives …
Philip V of Macedon |
Philip V of Macedon, coin |
Philippi
Philippi: town in eastern Macedonia, founded by king Philip II, famous for the double battle in 42 BCE that marked the end of the Roman republic.Beginnings …