Atlas of the Macedonian Empire

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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.).

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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).
Route of Karanos to establish his own kingdom (English).svg
English: Caranus (king)
808-778 BC
Expulsion of the Pieres from the region of Olympus to the region of Pangaion by the Macedonians (English).svg Expulsion of the Pieres,8th century BC
Graecia Antiqua Map of Ancient Greece 1809.jpg old Map of Ancient Greece
Graecia Antiqua Map of Ancient Greece made in 1814.jpg old Map of Ancient Greece
Graecia Vetus Map of Ancient Greece.jpg old map of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece Northern Part Map.jpg Ancient Greece, Northern part
Ancient Greek Northern regions (English).svg Ancient Greece, northern regions
Map Peloponnesian War 431 BC-fr.svg
English: Macedon during the Peloponnesian War around 431 BC
Map Macedonia 336 BC-fr.svg
English: early Hellenistic period (around 336 BC)

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Map of the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon (with settlements) (English).svg Kingdom of Macedon
Map of the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon (without settlements) (English).svg Kingdom of Macedon
Macedonian Kingdom.jpg
English: The Macedonian Kingdom 334-323 BCE
Magyar: A Makedón Királyság i.e. 334-323-ban
Growth of the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon (English) no region markers.svg
English: The expansion of Macedon
Growth of the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon (English).svg
English: The expansion of Macedon
Expansion of Macedon (English).svg
English: The expansion of Macedon
Map of Armenia and Albania (1760).jpg The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE
Map-alexander-empire.png
English: Map of the Empire of Alexander
MacedonEmpire.jpg
English: Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE
Alexander den stores rike, Nordisk familjebok.jpg Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)
Alexander-Empire 323bc.jpg Map of Alexander's Empire in 323 BCE, compared to other contemporary states.
Diadochen1.png Hellenistic successor states:
   Kingdom of Ptolemy
   Kingdom of Cassander
   Kingdom of Lysimachus
   Kingdom of Seleucus
   Epirus
Other states:
   Rome
Hellenistic world 200BC blank.png Hellenistic world in 200 BCE
Map Macedonia 200 BC-fr.svg 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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