Amyntas I (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντας) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from at least 512/511 until his death in 498/497 BC. Although there...
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to the time of his father, Amyntas I, although Macedon retained a broad scope of autonomy. In 492 BC it was made a fully subordinate part of the Persian...
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Amyntas II (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντας), also known as Amyntas "the Little", was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon for several months around 394/3...
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and after Amyntas to secure marriage alliances and produce enough heirs to offset losses from intra-dynastic conflict. Consequently, Amyntas took two wives:...
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mistake the name Amyntas for the Macedonian king Amyntas I of Macedon, satrap of Skudra, and Ancestor of Alexander the Great. Amyntas in this context might...
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BC) Amyntas IV of Macedon, king of Macedon (359 BC) Amyntas (son of Andromenes), general of Alexander the Great, died in 330 BC Amyntas (son of Antiochus)...
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of Amyntas I of Macedon, making him a member of the Argead royal house and a distant relative of Alexander, who was a great-great-grandson of Amyntas...
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married his younger daughter to Amyntas or Amyntas' son in order to stave off a future power struggle with the line of Menelaus. The argument is based...
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Philip II of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος Philippos; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359...
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Argead dynasty through his father Amyntas III. He was the eldest of the three sons of king Amyntas and Queen Eurydice I. His brothers were Philip and Perdiccas...
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Argead dynasty of kings, Macedonia became a vassal state of the Achaemenid Empire of ancient Persia during the reigns of Amyntas I of Macedon (r. 547 – 498...
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queen and wife of king Amyntas III of Macedon. She was the daughter of Sirras and through her mother, Irra, she was the grand-daughter of the Lynkestian...
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Anthemus (category Geography of ancient Chalcidice)
Crestonia and Mygdonia. The territory of the town is first mentioned when Amyntas I of Macedon offered it to Hippias, the son of Athenian tyrant Pisistratus. Hippias...
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I (Greek: Περδίκκας, romanized: Perdíkkas; fl. c. 650 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. By allowing thirty years for the span of an...
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Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (redirect from Kingdom of Macedon)
before the reign of Alexander I's father Amyntas I of Macedon (r. 547–498 BC) during the Archaic period. The kingdom of Macedonia was situated along the...
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I of Macedon (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος), was the son of Cassander and Thessalonike of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedon...
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of king Idanthyrsus of the Scythians to king Darius. In Book 5, it is reported that Darius sent heralds demanding earth and water from king Amyntas I...
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son of Alexander I. He had four brothers: Alcetas, Amyntas, Menelaus, and Philip. Menelaus was the father of the future king Amyntas II while Amyntas' grandson...
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Persian satrapy Hindush. Amyntas I of Macedon submits to Darius and offers women as concubines to a Persian embassy. His son, Alexander I, objects to this and...
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Arsinoe is daughter of Meleager, who was a cousin of Amyntas III and son of Balacrus, son of Amyntas, son of Alexander I of Macedon. Contemporary and modern...
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of its founder, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, and his wife Stratonice, as well as the first member of the family to rule Macedon in Hellenistic Greece. In...
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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...
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Ptolemy of Aloros (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος), was sent by King Amyntas III of Macedon as an envoy to Athens c. 375–373 BC. After Amyntas' death, he began...
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212 – 166 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 179 until 168 BC. He is widely regarded as the last king of Macedonia and the last...
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Gygaea (Greek: Γυγαίη) was a daughter of Amyntas I and sister of Alexander I of Macedon. She was given away in marriage by her brother to the Persian...
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containing two treaties between Amyntas III of Macedon and the Chalkidian League has been discovered at Olynthus (the capital of the League). The first treaty...
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Bubares (category Achaemenid Macedon)
to the matters of the Ionian revolt. Amyntas I of Macedon is said to have died soon after his departure. From around 483 BC, Xerxes I commissioned Bubares...
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Alexander the Great (redirect from Alexander III of Macedon)
Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the...
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Eurydice (disambiguation) (redirect from Eurydice of Macedon)
wife of the musician Orpheus. Eurydice or Euridice may also refer to: Eurydice, wife of Amyntas I of Macedon and mother of Alexander I of Macedon Eurydice...
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Achaemenid Macedonia (category Achaemenid Macedon)
Kingdom of Macedonia was under the reign of the Achaemenid Persians. In 512/511 BC, the Persian general Megabyzus forced the Macedonian king Amyntas I to make...
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