List of ancient Macedonians

For other uses, see List of Macedonians.

This is a list of the ancient Macedonians.

Mythology

Kings

Argead dynasty
Main article: Argead dynasty

|Antipater|| 334–323 BC || Regent of Macedonia during the reign of Alexander III.

Argead Rulers
KingReign (BC)Comments
Caranus808–778 BCFounder of the Argead dynasty and the first king of Macedon.
Koinos778–750 BC
Tyrimmas750–700 BC
Perdiccas I700–678 BC
Argaeus I678–640 BC
Philip I640–602 BC
Aeropus I602–576 BC
Alcetas I576–547 BC
Amyntas I547–498 BC
Alexander I498–454 BC
Alcetas II454–448 BC
Perdiccas II448–413 BC
Archelaus413–399 BC
Orestes and Aeropus II399–396 BC
Archelaus II396–393 BC
Amyntas II393 BC
Pausanias393 BC
Amyntas III393 BC
Argaeus II393–392 BC
Amyntas III392–370 BCRestored to the throne after one year.
Alexander II370–368 BC
Ptolemy I368–365 BC
Perdiccas III365–359 BC
Amyntas IV359 BC
Philip II359–336 BCExpanded Macedonian territory and influence to achieve a dominant position in the Balkans, unified most of the Greek city-states in the League of Corinth under his hegemony.
Alexander III336–323 BCAlexander the Great, the most notable Macedonian king and one of the most celebrated strategists and rulers of all time. Alexander at the top of his reign was simultaneously King of Macedonia, Pharaoh of Egypt, King of Persia and King of Asia.
Philip III Arrhidaeus323–317 BCOnly titular king after the death of Alexander III.
Alexander IV323–310 BCSon of Alexander the Great and Roxana. Served only as a titular king and was murdered at a young age before having the chance to rise to the throne of Macedon.

Antipatrid Dynasty

Antigonid Dynasty

Non-Dynastic Kings

Antipatrid Dynasty
  • Antipater II Etesias 279 BC
  • Sosthenes 279–276 BC, strategos

Antigonid Dynasty

Non-Dynastic Kings

Antigonid Dynasty
Antigonid Rulers
KingReign (BC)Consort(s)Comments
Antigonus II Gonatas (Macedon)276–239 BCPhilaSon of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Phila, grandson of Antigonus I Monophthalmus. His wife, Phila, was the daughter of his sister, Stratonice. Only one known legitimate child, Demetrius II Aetolicus.
Demetrius II Aetolicus (Macedon)239–229 BCStratonice of Macedon
Phthia of Epirus
Nicaea of Corinth
Chryseis		Son of Antigonus II and Phila. Stratonice of Macedon was a daughter of Antiochus I Soter and Stratonice. Phthia of Epirus was a daughter of Alexander II of Epirus and Olympias II of Epirus. Nicaea of Corinth was the widow of Demetrius' cousin, Alexander of Corinth. Chryseis was a former captive of Demetrius.[3] Only known son, Philip by Chryseis, also had a daughter by Stratonice of Macedon, Apama III.
Antigonus III Doson (Macedon)229–221 BCChryseisSon of Demetrius the Fair and Olympias of Larissa. Children unknown.

Philip V (Macedon)		221–179 BCPolycratia of ArgosSon of Demetrius II and Chryseis.[3] At least four children: Perseus of Macedon, Apame, Demetrius and Philippus.

Perseus (Macedon)		179–168 BC
(died 166 BC)		Laodice VThe last king of Macedon. Laodice V was a daughter of the Seleucid king, Seleucus IV Philopator. At least two sons, Philip and Alexander.

Non-Dynastic Kings
Coin of Andriscus. Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (King Philip).

The Macedonian rebel against Rome and last King of Macedonia, Andriscus,(or Pseudo-Philip VI) Ἀνδρίσκος 150–148 BC, claimed to be the son of Perseus.

  • Pseudo-Alexander, 148 BC
  • Pseudo-Philip VII or Pseudo-Perseus, 143/142 BC

Military personnel

High generals

Somatophylakes

Hipparchoi

Taxiarchs of Pezhetairoi
Trierarchs of Nearchus

Various

Civilization

Athletes

Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded in recent discovered epigrams of Posidippus of Pella (c. 3rd century BC)[13]

Writers

Scientists

Artists

Priests

Theorodokoi

Naopoioi

Naopoios (Temple-builder), an elected Archon by Hieromnemones, responsible for restoring the temple of Apollo in Delphi

  • Philippus Φίλιππος Μακεδών
  • Timanoridas (son of Cordypion) Τιμανορίδας Κορδυπίωνος Μακεδών c. 361–343 BC[22]
  • Leon (son of Hegesander) Λέων Ἡγησάνδρου Μακεδών 331 BC[23]

Women

See also

References
  1. Demetrius was proclaimed King in 306 BC with his father, but his reign in Macedonia only became effective after he ousted the Antipatrids in 294, and his power there ended after he was in turn expelled by Pyrrhus and Lysimachus in 286. His death in 283 is often given as marking the end of his reign.
  2. Antigonus claimed the kingship upon his father's death in 283, but it was only effective after 276.
  3. Eusebius, Chronicle 1.237-8; Syncellus Chronicle 535.19
  4. Elizabeth Donnelly Carney (7 May 2019). Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power. Oxford University Press. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-0-19-028054-3.
  5. A History of Macedonia. Volume 2 Review: John Cole
  6. Justin – 7.2.14. (He contended for the prize in various species of exercises at the Olympics)
  7. Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry by Simon Hornblower – SEG 30:648
  8. Aspects of Ancient Macedonian Costume -Μακεδόνες και Παναθήναια , -Epigraphical Database SEG 49:842, SEG 45:801
  9. Boeotia — Amphiareion- Epigr. tou Oropou 520.10
  10. Chronicon (Eusebius)
  11. Arkadia — Lykaion — IG V,2 550.17
  12. Pausanias a Guide to Greece
  13. Posidippus, Epigrams www.chs.harvard.edu
  14. Phokis — Delphi Syll.³ 424.42
  15. Boiotia — Oropos: Amphiareion — c. 80–50 BC Epigr. tou Oropou 528.12
  16. Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 Bc-Ad 363 By Duncan B. Campbell
  17. Phokis — Delphi FD III 1:477.13
  18. Phokis — Delphi BCH 1928:259.26
  19. Epidauros — c. 365–311 BC IG IV²,1 94 frg b.col I.1 -9
  20. Martial, Buch VI: Ein Kommentar by Farouk Grewing
  21. Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings Page 211 By Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos ISBN 960-7094-89-1
  22. Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon — FD III 5:19.74
  23. Phokis — Delphi — stoichedon — FD III 5:58.29-30
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