Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 808 – 167 BCE

Macedonia

A state of 808 – 167 BCE — 641 years in Europe. It replaced Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt and followed Achaemenid Empire. The atlas records 75 things within it — wars and battles 14 · treaties 2 · people 59. Its line of rulers holds 37 people, 24 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
641 years
808 BCE – 167 BCE
Rulers
37
the king of Macedonia
Most ground
4.87 million km²
in 318 BCE
Within it
75
recorded rows
Symbol
1
on record, with years
Map: Macedonia in 318 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Macedonia in 318 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 4.87 million km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Macedonia in 675 BCE, first mapped

675 BCE · first mapped · 2,700 km²

Macedonia in 318 BCE, at its largest

318 BCE · at its largest · 4.87 million km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Achaemenid Empire: 550 BCE – 330 BCEThirty-first Dynasty of Egypt: 343 BCE – 332 BCEMacedonia: 808 BCE – 167 BCE

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Rulers

The line of king of Macedonia.

Amyntas III of Macedon · 393 BCE – 370 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAlexandros II of Macedon · 370 BCE – 368 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedPerdiccas III of Macedon · 365 BCE – 360 BCE · no death date to read the end againstAmyntas IV · 359 BCE – 359 BCE · left office alivePhilip II of Macedon · 359 BCE – 336 BCE · killedAlexander the Great · 336 BCE – 323 BCE · died in office of natural causesPhilip III of Macedon · 323 BCE – 317 BCE · killedAlexander IV of Macedon · 322 BCE – 309 BCE · killedCassander · 305 BCE – 297 BCE · left office alivePhilip IV of Macedon · 297 BCE – 297 BCE · left office aliveAlexander V of Macedon · 297 BCE – 294 BCE · killedAntipater I of Macedon · 297 BCE – 294 BCE · killed, the article saysDemetrius I Poliorcetes · 294 BCE – 288 BCE · left office alivePyrrhus of Epirus · 288 BCE – 285 BCE · deposed, the article saysLysimachus · 288 BCE – 281 BCE · died in battlePtolemy Ceraunus · 281 BCE – 279 BCE · executedMeleager · 279 BCE – 279 BCE · no death date to read the end againstAntipater Etesias · 279 BCE – 279 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSosthenes of Macedon · 279 BCE – 277 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAntigonus II Gonatas · 277 BCE – 239 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathPyrrhus of Epirus · 274 BCE – 272 BCE · died in battleDemetrius II Aetolicus · 239 BCE – 229 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAntigonus III Doson · 229 BCE – 221 BCE · died in office of natural causesPhilip V of Macedon · 221 BCE – 179 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedPerseus of Macedon · 179 BCE – 168 BCE · left office alive800 BCE600 BCE400 BCE200 BCE
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Amyntas III of Macedon393 BCE – 370 BCE23 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Alexandros II of Macedon370 BCE – 368 BCE2 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Perdiccas III of Macedon365 BCE – 360 BCE5 yearsending not on recordsibling
Amyntas IV359 BCE – 359 BCEunder a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Philip II of Macedon359 BCE – 336 BCE23 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Alexander the Great336 BCE – 323 BCE13 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathchild
Philip III of Macedon323 BCE – 317 BCE6 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Alexander IV of Macedon322 BCE – 309 BCE13 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathnephew or niece
Cassander305 BCE – 297 BCE8 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Philip IV of Macedon297 BCE – 297 BCEunder a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Alexander V of Macedon297 BCE – 294 BCE3 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Antipater I of Macedon297 BCE – 294 BCE3 yearskilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlesibling
Demetrius I Poliorcetes294 BCE – 288 BCE6 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Pyrrhus of Epirus288 BCE – 285 BCE3 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Lysimachus288 BCE – 281 BCE7 yearsdied in battleWikidata's manner of death
Ptolemy Ceraunus281 BCE – 279 BCE2 yearsexecutedWikidata's manner of deathin-law
Meleager279 BCE – 279 BCEunder a yearending not on recordsibling
Antipater Etesias279 BCE – 279 BCEunder a yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sosthenes of Macedon279 BCE – 277 BCE2 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Antigonus II Gonatas277 BCE – 239 BCE38 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Pyrrhus of Epirus274 BCE – 272 BCE2 yearsdied in battleWikidata's manner of death
Demetrius II Aetolicus239 BCE – 229 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Antigonus III Doson229 BCE – 221 BCE8 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Philip V of Macedon221 BCE – 179 BCE42 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Perseus of Macedon179 BCE – 168 BCE11 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild

37 rulers, 24 with terms dated as terms, covering 393 BCE – 168 BCE. Median reign 6 years. 10 of 24 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

600 BCE500 BCE400 BCE

2,700 km² in 658 BCE, 4.66 million km² in 308 BCE; at its largest 4.66 million km² in 308 BCE. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Vergina Sun WIPO
    flag, undatedVergina Sun WIPO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · ‍Philly boy92

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

900 BCE – 801 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other900 BCE800 BCE – 701 BCE: 2 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other800 BCE700 BCE – 601 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other700 BCE600 BCE – 501 BCE: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other600 BCE500 BCE – 401 BCE: 15 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other500 BCE400 BCE – 301 BCE: 45 recorded — 12 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 33 other400 BCE300 BCE – 201 BCE: 6 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other300 BCE200 BCE – 101 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other200 BCE

900 BCE – 801 BCE1 row

800 BCE – 701 BCE2 rows

600 BCE – 501 BCE5 rows

500 BCE – 401 BCE15 rows

and 7 more in the atlas.

400 BCE – 301 BCE45 rows · 12 wars and battles

and 37 more in the atlas.

300 BCE – 201 BCE6 rows · 2 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood641 years

    stood longer than 91% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held4,874,200 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 97% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century1.2

    had more wars on record per century than 96% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median6 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 22% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record37

    has more rulers on record than 96% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Ancient Greek · Coincidence · 1450 BCE – 301 BCEAncient GreekMacedonia · 808 BCE – 167 BCEMacedoniaFourth Macedonian War · Linked · 150 BCE – 148 BCEFourth Macedonian WarBattle of Pydna · Linked · 148 BCEBattle of Pydna1500 BCE1000 BCE500 BCE
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Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q83958 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.