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c. 437 BCEAthens founds the colony of Amphipolis in northern Macedonia.
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364 BCEMacedonian general Perdiccas III successfully defends Amphipolis against Athenian attack.
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c. 360 BCETraditional founding date of Philippi in Macedon with its original name as Crenides.
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359 BCEPhillip II takes throne of Macedonia.
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359 BCE - 336 BCEReign of Philip II of Macedon.
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357 BCEMarriage of Olympias to Philip II of Macedonia.
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c. 357 BCEPhilip II of Macedon renames the Macedonian city of Crrenides after himself: Philippi.
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356 BCEBirth of Macedonian commander Hephaestion.
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c. 347 BCEAthenian orator Demosthenes is sent on a diplomatic embassy to the court of Philip II of Macedon.
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343 BCEKing Philip II of Macedon summons Aristotle to tutor his young son Alexander (later 'The Great').
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342 BCEDemosthenes is charged with organising a league of Greek city-states for war against Macedon.
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340 BCEMacedon funds the building of a large temple on Samothrace.
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339 BCEPhilip II of Macedon fights the Scythians.
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336 BCEMarriage of Olympias' brother Alexander to her daughter Cleopatra.
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May 334 BCE - 324 BCEAntipater is regent of Macedon in Alexander's absence.
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324 BCEDeath of Macedonian commander Hephaestion.
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319 BCEDeath of Antipater, regent of Macedon.
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316 BCEDeath of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great.
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c. 316 BCEThessalonica is founded by Cassander.
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310 BCEAssassination of Roxanne and Alexander IV, wife and son of Alexander the Great.
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305 BCE - 297 BCECassander is self-proclaimed king of Macedon.
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294 BCE - c. 288 BCEDemetrius I rules as king of Macedon.
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288 BCEWhen his army deserts him Demetrius I flees Macedon.
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288 BCEPyrrhus of Epirus becomes ruler of Macedon.
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284 BCELysimachus drives Pyrrhus out of Macedon.
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273 BCEPyrrhus of Epirus attacks Macedon and Sparta.
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225 BCEMacedonians bring an army across the Isthmus to face another Achaian force trying to take Corinth.
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222 BCEThe Achaean League and Antigonos III of Macedon defeat Sparta at Sellasia.
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214 BCE - 205 BCEFirst Macedonian War: Rome defeats Philip V of Macedon.
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203 BCEThe Seleucid king, Antiochus III Megas signs a treaty with Philip V of Macedon to divide Egypt and its overseas possessions between them.
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200 BCE - 196 BCESecond Macedonian War: Roman victory.
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197 BCERomans are victorious over Philip V of Macedon at Cynoscephalae.
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172 BCE - 168 BCEThird Macedonian War: Perseus of Macedon challenges Rome and is defeated.
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Jun 168 BCERomans defeat Perseus of Macedon at Pydna.
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c. 150 BCEMacedonia becomes a Roman province.
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146 BCEThessalonica is made the captial of the Roman province of Macedon.