Macedonian Kingdom

Macedonia
Μακεδονία
808–168 BC 150–148 BC
Vergina Sun
The Kingdom of Macedonia in 336 BC (orange)
Capital		Aigai (Vergina) (808–399 BC) Pella (399–167 BC)
Languages		Ancient Macedonian, Attic Greek, Koine Greek
Religion		Greek Polytheism, Hellenistic religion
Government		Monarchy
King
•	808–778 BC	Caranus (first)
•	179–168 BC	Perseus (last)
Legislature		Synedrion
Historical era		Classical Antiquity
•	Founded by Caranus	808 BC
•	Vassal of Persia	512/511–493 BC
•	Incorporated into the Persian Empire	492–479 BC
•	Rise of Macedon	359–336 BC
•	Conquest of Persia	335–323 BC
•	Partition of Babylon	323 BC
•	Wars of the Diadochi	322–275 BC
•	Battle of Pydna	168 BC
Currency		Tetradrachm
Preceded by Succeeded by Greek Dark Ages Kingdom of Pergamon Seleucid Empire Ptolemaic Kingdom Macedonia (Roman province)

Terracotta statues depicting ancient Macedonians wearing the kausia, a headgear that led the Persians to refer to the Macedonians as "Yaunã Takabara" ("Greeks with hats that look like shields"). Left, Athenian terracotta figurine, c. 300 BC. Right, Macedonian terracotta figurine, 3rd century BC

Macedonia (/ˌmæsɪˈdoʊniə/ ( listen)) or Macedon (/ˈmæsɪˌdɒn/; Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonía) was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, and bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south.