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The ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia was founded in pre-history but came to historical record when Aigai (modern Vergina) was established as the Macedonian capital in the mid-7th century BC. The kingdom was initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the Ancient Macedonians, the kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, being bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south.
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Is Macedonia a state or country?
Historical Macedonia is a province on the northern Greek peninsula. The unrelated Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a newly founded country.
Who ruled before ancient Macedonia?
No one. The ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia was founded by people from Argos in the Peloponnese, Greece.
Was Alexander the great a greekman?
Alexander was a Greek king of the Greek Kingdom of Macedonia. He belonged to the Argead Dynasty who founded Macedonia in approx. the 8th century BC. The Argead Dynasty were Greeks from Argos in the Peloponnese who founded Macedon.
Where in ancient Macedonia was Aristotle's school?
Aristotle's school, known as the Lyceum, was located in ancient Athens, not Macedonia. However, Aristotle himself was born in Stagira, a city in Macedonia. He founded the Lyceum after studying under Plato at the Academy in Athens and later returned to Macedonia to tutor Alexander the Great.
Who was the king of Macedonia in Ancient Greece?
The king of Macedonia in 356 BC was Filippos B known as Philip II. Philip II was a Greek King of the Argead Dynasty from Argos in the Peloponnese that founded Macedonia.
Does Macedonia have monarchy?
Macedonia is a province in northern Greece but used to be monarchy in ancient times when it was a Greek kingdom. The most famous Macedonian king was Alexander the Great of the Argead Dynasty that originated in Argos in the Peloponnese and founded Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula.
What is the capitol of Macedonia?
The capital of historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula is Thessaloniki. In ancient times it was first Aigae (modern Vergina) and then Pella. The newly founded state of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has Skopje an ancient city of Dardania as its capital.
What is Ancient Macedonia?
Ancient Macedonia was a Homeric style Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula that was founded by the Argead Dynasty from Argos in the Peloponnese. Its most famous members were Alexander the Great and his father Philip II
Is the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia a Monarchy society?
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a newly founded republic that was born from the dissolution of communist Yugoslavia. It never had a monarch though there was a Croatian lord, Count Gyula Cseszneky de Milvany et Csesznek Grand Voivode who self proclaimed as "of Macedonia".
What is the difference between historical Macedonia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia?
Macedonia was an ancient Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula of Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Greece that is now a northern province of the Hellenic (Greek) Republic. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a Slavic Republic in the southern Balkans, with a mixed ethnic identity that was founded after the break up of communist Yugoslavia in 1991.
What year did Macedonia form in?
Macedonia was estimated to be founded on the northern Greek peninsula in the 8th century BCE by Greeks from Argos that formed Macedonians first dynasty, the Argead Dynasty. The Argead Dynasty's most famous members were Philip II and Alexander the Great.
What city is ancient Macedonia now?
Macedonia is not a city. It is a historical province on the northern Greek peninsula, that was the location of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia whose most famous members were Philip II and Alexander the Great. There is also a newly founded Slavic country to the north of Greece that recently renamed itself "Macedonia" with an obvious expansionist agenda but because it violated international conventions and provoked the historical region in Greece it signed an accord to be referred to as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia until it finds a more suitable name for itself.
