Polity · 675 BCE – 292 BCE
Macedonian Empire
- Peak recorded area
- 4,801,810 km²
- 318 BCE
- Data series
- 2
- 325 BCE–311 BCE
Overview
Macedonia, also called Macedon, was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became 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.
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Territory
17 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 292 BCE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Known Ancient Places3 obs · 325 BCE–311 BCE | 3,925places311 BCE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
| Known Ancient Settlements3 obs · 325 BCE–311 BCE | 2,156settlements311 BCE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Ancient Greek, Ancient Macedonian
- Currency
- tetradrachm
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Pleiades Gazetteer2024 snapshot
Bagnall, R. et al. (eds.). Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places.
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Macedonian Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.