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Map of the Kingdom of Macedon and its expansions at the death of Philip II in 336 BC. Based on R. Ginouvès et al., La Macédoine, Paris, 1992.

Pella & Aegae - Macedonian Capitals Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include...

The State of Sogdia was conquered by the army of Alexander the Great in 327 BCE. The early coins from Sogdia copy the coins of Alexander's Empire, telling us that they were issued after the conquest. Comparisons like this allow ancient coins...

The House of Dionysos was a large house at Pella, the capital of the kingdom of Macedon in the time of Alexander the Great (late 4th century BCE). The house occupied an area of ca. 3400 square metres and each room was decorated with fine...

The main courtyard of the House of Dionysos in Pella, the capital of the kingdom of Macedon (Northern Greece) in the time of Alexander the Great, built in 325-300 BCE.

Bronze figurine of a female athlete, found in the archaeological site of Samoil's Fortress in Ohrid, North Macedonia, 2nd to 1st centuries BCE. NI Institute for Protection of Monuments of Culture and Museum of Ohrid. Tsar Samoil's Fortress...

Heraklia Lynkestis is the archaeological site of an ancient city of the same name near Bitola in North Macedonia. The city was founded by Philip II of Macedon in c. 385 BC as a citadel to monitor any possible invasions from Illyria and secure...

Macedon was an ancient kingdom located in the north of the Greek peninsula first inhabited by the Mackednoi tribe who, according to Herodotus, were the first to call themselves 'Hellenes' (later applied to all Greeks) and who gave the land...

The Argead dynasty, the ancient Macedonian house of Dorian Greek origin, lasted from the 7th century to 310 BCE. The mythological founder of the dynasty was King Caranus but it was under Philip II of Macedon (382-226 BCE) that the Macedonian...

Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-Eyed") (382 -301 BCE) was one of the successor kings to Alexander the Great, controlling Macedonia and Greece. When Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE, a conflict known as the Wars of the Diadochi ensued...