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Macedonian Empire

Μακεδονικό βασίλειο
English Macedonian Empire

The Macedonian Empire was the name of an ancient kingdom in the northern-most part of ancient Greece, bordering the kingdom of Epirus on the west and the region of Thrace to the east. For a brief period it became the most powerful state in the ancient Near East after Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world, inaugurating the Hellenistic period of Greek history.

Ελληνικά Το Μακεδονικό βασίλειο[1] πρόβαλε κυριαρχικά στον ελλαδικό χώρο μετά την άνοδο του Φιλίππου Β' στο θρόνο, ο οποίος ένωσε υπό την ηγεμονία του τις υπόλοιπες ελληνικές πόλεις-κράτη και δημιούργησε μία πανελλήνια συμμαχία υπό την ηγεμονία του. Ο γιος του Φιλίππου Αλέξανδρος, συνέχισε το έργο του πατέρα του και ολοκλήρωσε την ενοποίηση των ανεξάρτητων ελληνικών πόλεων-κρατών της εποχής και κατέκτησε την Περσική αυτοκρατορία λίγα χρόνια αργότερα. Το βασίλειο της Μακεδονίας σύντομα έχασε τον έλεγχο των αχανών ασιατικών εκτάσεων, αλλά διατήρησε την κυριαρχία του στην Ελλάδα έως ότου καταλύθηκε από τους Ρωμαίους μετά τους Μακεδονικούς Πολέμους (215 - 148 π.Χ.).

History in maps

This section holds a short summary of the history[2], illustrated with maps.


Short name Macedonian Empire
Official name(s) Kingdom of Macedonia
Status 7th century BCE and 148 BCE
Location South East Europe, Middle East
Capital Πέλλα (Pella)
Major language(s) Ancient Macedonian, Attic Greek, Koine Greek
Major religion(s) Traditional
More information Macedonian Empire.
More images Macedonian Empire - Macedonian Empire (Category).
English: Caranus (king)
808-778 BC
Expulsion of the Pieres,8th century BC
old Map of Ancient Greece
old Map of Ancient Greece
old map of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece, Northern part
Ancient Greece, northern regions
English: Macedon during the Peloponnesian War around 431 BC
English: early Hellenistic period (around 336 BC)

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Kingdom of Macedon
Kingdom of Macedon
English: The Macedonian Kingdom 334-323 BCE
Magyar: A Makedón Királyság i.e. 334-323-ban
English: The expansion of Macedon
English: The expansion of Macedon
English: The expansion of Macedon
The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE
English: Map of the Empire of Alexander
English: Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE
Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)
Map of Alexander's Empire in 323 BCE, compared to other contemporary states.
Hellenistic successor states:
 
Kingdom of Ptolemy
 
Kingdom of Cassander
 
Kingdom of Lysimachus
 
Kingdom of Seleucus
Other states:
 
Rome
Hellenistic world in 200 BCE
Hellenistic period (around 200 BC)

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  1. Romanization according to ISO 843: Makedoniko Vasileio.
  2. The text of the summary of the history is mainly based on the text in Wikipedia.

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