Macedon

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Hellenistic state ancient kingdom monarchy

Macedon was an ancient kingdom in the northern Greek peninsula that rose to prominence under Philip II and his son Alexander the Great, becoming the center of a vast empire.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Macedonian Empire	19
Kingdom of Macedon	14
Ancient Macedonia	2
Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon	2
Macedonia (Roman province)	2
Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great	2
ancient Macedon	2
ancient Macedonia	2
Macedon under Philip II	1
Macedonian kingdom	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic state ⓘ ancient kingdom ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
battle	Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ surface form: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ surface form: Battle of Gaugamela (as part of Alexander’s empire) Battle of Issus ⓘ surface form: Battle of Issus (as part of Alexander’s empire)
borderedBy	Epirus ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ Thrace ⓘ
capital	Aigai ⓘ Pella, Greece ⓘ surface form: Pella
conquered	most of mainland Greece ⓘ
country	Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia
currency	silver tetradrachm ⓘ
defeated	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persian Empire
defeatedBy	Rome at the Battle of Pydna ⓘ
era	Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicIdentity	Greek ⓘ
fellTo	Roman Republic ⓘ
formedCoreOfEmpireOf	Alexander the Great ⓘ
governmentType	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
knownFor	Hellenization of the Near East ⓘ centralized royal authority ⓘ expansionist warfare ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ surface form: Balkan Peninsula northern Greek peninsula ⓘ
majorCity	Aigai ⓘ Pella, Greece ⓘ surface form: Pella Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessalonica
militaryInnovation	Macedonian phalanx ⓘ companion cavalry ⓘ
notableKing	Alexander the Great ⓘ Amyntas III ⓘ surface form: Amyntas III of Macedon Antigonus II Gonatas ⓘ Amyntas I of Macedon ⓘ surface form: Perdiccas I of Macedon Perseus of Macedon ⓘ Philip II of Macedon ⓘ Philip V of Macedon ⓘ
officialReligion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
partOf	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece
reachedGreatestExtentUnder	Alexander the Great ⓘ
roseToProminenceUnder	Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Antigonid dynasty ⓘ Antipatrid dynasty ⓘ Argead dynasty ⓘ
successorEntity	province of Macedonia ⓘ surface form: Roman province of Macedonia
usedScript	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (69)

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

Aetolians → alliedWith → Macedon ⓘ

Olympias → associatedWith → Macedon ⓘ

Asian campaign → belligerent → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Battle of Gaugamela → belligerent → Macedon ⓘ

Battle of Issus → belligerent → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Battle of Issus → belligerent → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Battle of Granicus → belligerent → Macedon ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Battle of Granicus → belligerent → Macedon ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Fourth Sacred War → belligerent → Macedon ⓘ

Siege of Tyre → belligerent → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Battle of the Hydaspes → belligerent1 → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Alexander IV of Macedon → birthPlace → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Alexander the Great → birthPlace → Macedon ⓘ

Aristotle → birthPlace → Macedon ⓘ

Philip II of Macedon → birthPlace → Macedon ⓘ

Philip III Arrhidaeus → birthPlace → Macedon ⓘ

Illyricum → borderedBy → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonia (Roman province)

Moesia → borderedBy → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonia (Roman province)

Pella, Greece → capitalOf → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Philip III Arrhidaeus → citizenship → Macedon ⓘ

Battle of Chaeronea → combatant → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Battle of Gaugamela → conflictBetween → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Aetolians → conflictedWith → Macedon ⓘ

Canaan → conqueredBy → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great

Thrace → conqueredBy → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Thracians → conqueredBy → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Caria → controlledBy → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Alexander IV of Macedon → country → Macedon ⓘ

Argead dynasty → country → Macedon ⓘ

Philip III Arrhidaeus → country → Macedon ⓘ

Battle of Potidaea → countryAtTime → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Olympias → countryOfCitizenship → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon → countryRuled → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Philippeion → culturalContext → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Macedonia

Alexander IV of Macedon → deathPlace → Macedon ⓘ

Philip II of Macedon → deathPlace → Macedon ⓘ

Philip III Arrhidaeus → deathPlace → Macedon ⓘ

Achaemenid Empire → followedBy → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Second Punic War → hasAlly → Macedon ⓘ

Amphictyonic League → hasMember → Macedon ⓘ

Hellenistic period → hasPart → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon

Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) → hasParticipant → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Siege of Tyre → hasParticipant → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Third Sacred War → hasParticipant → Macedon ⓘ

Macedonia (Greece) → historicalHeritage → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Pella regional unit → historicallyPartOf → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Macedonia

Alexander (film score) → inspiredBy → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Macedonia

Adventure Story → isAbout → Macedon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Pherae → laterControlledBy → Macedon ⓘ

First Macedonian War (as ally of Philip V of Macedon) → mainBelligerent → Macedon ⓘ

subject surface form: First Macedonian War

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Macedon