Macedonians

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Balkan people ancient people ethnic group

The Macedonians were an ancient Balkan people whose kingdom under Philip II and Alexander the Great created a vast Hellenistic empire that profoundly influenced the culture and politics of the eastern Mediterranean and Near East.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Macedonian	6
Macedonians canonical	6
Macedonian nobility	1
Macedonians (ancient)	1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Balkan people ⓘ ancient people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Hellenistic art ⓘ Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ spread of Greek polis institutions ⓘ
capitalCity	Aigai ⓘ Pella, Greece ⓘ surface form: Pella
coinage	Macedonian tetradrachm ⓘ
conqueredRegion	Anatolia ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Iran ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire parts of Central Asia ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
createdEmpire	Macedon ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Empire
culturalImpact	Hellenization of the Near East ⓘ surface form: Hellenization of Near East fusion of Greek and local elites ⓘ
culturalSphere	Hellenic world ⓘ surface form: Greek world
defeatBattle	Battle of Cynoscephalae NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Pydna NERFINISHED ⓘ
defeatedBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
dynasty	Antigonid dynasty ⓘ Antipatrid dynasty ⓘ Argead dynasty ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ mining ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ trade ⓘ
eliteUnit	Companion cavalry ⓘ Hypaspists ⓘ
foundedBy	Argead dynasty ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Roman province of Macedonia ⓘ
influencedRegion	Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
introducedCulture	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic culture
language	Ancient Macedonian ⓘ surface form: Ancient Macedonian language
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
legacy	cultural fusion of Greek and Near Eastern traditions ⓘ foundation of Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ spread of Greek language ⓘ
majorBattle	Battle of Chaeronea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gaugamela NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Granicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Hydaspes NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Issus NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryFormation	Macedonian phalanx ⓘ
militaryInnovation	sarissa pike ⓘ
notableGeneral	Antigonus I Monophthalmus ⓘ Lysimachus ⓘ Parmenion ⓘ Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
notableKing	Alexander the Great ⓘ Amyntas III ⓘ surface form: Amyntas III of Macedon Antigonus II Gonatas ⓘ Cassander of Macedon ⓘ Alcetas I of Macedon ⓘ surface form: Perdiccas I of Macedon Perseus of Macedon ⓘ Philip II of Macedon ⓘ Philip V of Macedon ⓘ
pantheon	Olympian gods ⓘ
politicalOrganization	kingdom ⓘ
primaryTerritory	Macedonia region ⓘ surface form: Macedonia
reachedGreatestExtentUnder	Alexander the Great ⓘ
region	Balkans ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
roseToPowerUnder	Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
socialStructure	aristocratic nobility ⓘ peasant farmers ⓘ
subsequentRuleBy	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
successorStates	Antigonid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
urbanFoundation	Alexandria Eschate ⓘ Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria in Egypt many cities named Alexandria ⓘ
usedAlphabet	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seleucid Empire → ethnicGroup → Macedonians ⓘ

Battle of Neon → opponent → Macedonians ⓘ

Macedonian court → associatedWith → Macedonians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian nobility

Mount Pangaion → associatedWithPeople → Macedonians ⓘ

Aristarchus → ethnicity → Macedonians ⓘ