Macedonian Kingdom (3 Jan 359 Jahr v. Chr. – 12 Dez 168 Jahr v. Chr.)

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Area in Northern Greece
Initially Rose to power when Philip II conquered Greece, bringing an end to the Classical Greece era and ushering in the Hellenistic Age. Followed by Philip II's son Alexander the Great's massive conquest of Asia Minor, Egypt, India and the conquering of the mighty Persian Empire.

After Alexander's death in 323 BC, the ensuing wars of the Diadochi, and the partitioning of Alexander's short-lived empire, Macedonia remained a Greek cultural and political center in the Mediterranean region along with Ptolemaic Egypt, the Seleucid Empire, and the Kingdom of Pergamon. Important cities such as Pella, Pydna, and Amphipolis were involved in power struggles for control of the territory. New cities were founded, such as Thessalonica by the usurper Cassander (named after his wife Thessalonike of Macedon).[7] Macedonia's decline began with the Macedonian Wars and the rise of Rome as the leading Mediterranean power. At the end of the Third Macedonian War in 168 BC, the Macedonian monarchy was abolished and replaced by Roman client states. A short-lived revival of the monarchy during the Fourth Macedonian War in 150–148 BC ended with the establishment of the Roman province of Macedonia.

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