The Macedonian region is populated during the …
Years: 513BCE - 502BCE
The Macedonian region is populated during the first millennium BCE by a mixture of peoples—Dacians, Thracians, Illyrians, Celts, and Greeks.
The ancient Macedonians probably have some Illyrian roots, but their ruling class has adopted Greek cultural characteristics.
Macedonian power by the reign of Amyntas I (late sixth century BCE) extends eastward beyond the Axius (Axiós) River to dominate the neighboring Thracian tribes.
The satraps of Asia Minor in about 516-510 BCE secure the submission of Macedonia, and, under Otanes, a general of Darius, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Thracians
- Greece, classical
- Illyria, classical
- Persian people
- Celts
- Macedon, Argead Kingdom of
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Persian Conquests of 559-509 BCE
