Macedon

(noun)

The ancient Greek kingdom where Alexander was tutored by Aristotle.

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Examples of Macedon in the following topics:

  • The Rise of the Macedon

    • Philip II’s conquests during the Third Sacred War cemented his power as well as the influence of Macedon throughout the Hellenic world.
    • Macedon’s rise is largely attributable to the policies during Philip II’s rule.
    • The Athenians’ second confederacy would be Macedon’s main rivals for control of the lands of the north Aegean.
    • Subsequently, he agreed to lease the gold mines of Mount Pangaion to the Athenians in exchange for the return of the city of Pydna to Macedon.
    • Philip earned immense prestige and secured Macedon’s position in the Hellenic world during his involvement in the Third Sacred War, which began in Greece in 356 BCE.

  • The Legacy of Alexander the Great

    • They allied with Rome again under Eumenes II (r. 197-158 BCE) against Perseus of Macedon during the Third Macedonian War.
    • Macedon, or Macedonia, was the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.
    • Following Cassander’s death in 297 BCE, Macedon slid into a long period of civil strife.
    • During the second and first centuries BCE, Macedon fought a series of wars against Rome.
    • The Kingdom of Macedon at the death of Philip II (336 BCE)

  • Defeat of Persia by Alexander the Great

    • Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) was a king of the Greek kingdom of Macedon.
    • When Philip of Macedon was assassinated in 336 BCE, Alexander inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army at the age of twenty.
    • After reconfirming Macedonian rule by quelling a rebellion of southern Greek city-states and staging a short but bloody excursion against Macedon's northern neighbors, Alexander set out east against the Achaemenid Empire in 336 BCE.
    • However, the Diadochi continued to jostle for supremacy and after 40 years of war, the Hellenistic world settled into four stable territories: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire in the east, the Kingdom of Pergamon in Asia Minor, and Macedon.

  • Athens

    • By the mid-4th century BCE, the northern Greek kingdom of Macedon was becoming dominant in Athenian affairs.
    • In 338 BCE the armies of Philip II of Macedon defeated an alliance of some of the Greek city-states, including Athens and Thebes, at the Battle of Chaeronea, effectively ending Athenian independence.

  • Society Under the Zhou Dynasty

    • The feudal system in China was structurally similar to ones that followed, such as pre-imperial Macedon, Europe, and Japan.

  • FK Grade 6 Reading Level

    • After the assassination of Perdiccas in 321 BCE, Macedonian unity collapsed, and 40 years of war between "The Successors" (Diadochi) ensued before the Hellenistic world settled into four new empires: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire in the east, the Kingdom of Pergamon in Asia Minor, and Macedon.

  • Republican Wars and Conquest

    • Rome's preoccupation with its war with Carthage provided an opportunity for Philip V of the kingdom of Macedonia, located in the north of the Greek peninsula, to attempt to extend his power westward.Over the next several decades, Rome clashed with Macedon to protect their Greek allies multiple times throughout the First, Second, and Third Macedonian Wars.By 168 BCE, the Macedonians had been thoroughly defeated, and Rome was convinced that the Greeks (and therefore the rest of the world) would never have peace if Greece was left alone.Rome thus decided to establish its first permanent foothold in the Greek world and divided the Macedonian Kingdom into four client republics.After a Fourth Macedonian War and nearly a century of constant crisis management in Greece, which always led back to internal instability and war when Rome pulled out, Rome decided to divide Macedonia into two new Roman provinces, Achaea and Epirus.

  • The Achaemenid Empire

    • This unprecedented area of control under a single ruler stretched from the Indus Valley in the east to Thrace and Macedon on the northeastern border of Greece.

  • Alexander the Great

    • Following the decline of the Greek city-states, the Greek kingdom of Macedon rose to power under Philip II.

  • Alexander's Empire

    • After the assassination of Perdiccas in 321 BCE, Macedonian unity collapsed, and 40 years of war between "The Successors" (Diadochi) ensued before the Hellenistic world settled into four stable power blocks: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire in the east, the Kingdom of Pergamon in Asia Minor, and Macedon.