Kingdom of Macedonia (Persia)
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In 512/511 BC, the Persian general Megabyzus forced the Macedonian King Amyntas I to make his kingdom a vassal of the Achaemenids. Macedonia remained a Achaemenid vassal unit 479 BC:.
Establishment
January 510 BC: In 512/511 BC, the Persian general Megabyzus forced the Macedonian king Amyntas I to make his kingdom a vassal of the Achaemenids.
Chronology
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Were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states.
1.1.Second Persian invasion of Greece
Was an unsuccesful military campaign waged by Achaemenid King Xerxes I that sought to conquer all of Greece.
June 480 BC: Having crossed into Europe in April 480 BC, the Persian army began its march to Greece.
September 479 BC: The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek Poleis during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The Persian infantry proved no match for the heavily armoured Greek hoplites, and the Spartans broke through to General Mardonius's bodyguard and killed him. The Persian force thus dissolved and 40,000 troops managed to escape to Thessaly. The Persians also left territories occupied in Kingdom of Macedonia (Persia).
1.2.Greek reconquests after the Second Persian Invasion of Greece
The final defeat of the Persians at Mycale during the Second Persian Invasion of Greece encouraged the Greek cities of Asia to revolt, and the Persians lost all of their territories in Europe.
January 478 BC: The Kingdom of Macedonia regained independence following the defeat and withdrawal of the Achaemenid Empire in 479 BC.
January 500 BC: Foundation of the polis of Stagiros. Based on numismatic evidence.
January 499 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Herakleia (Mygdonia) is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).
January 499 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Lete is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).
January 499 BC: The Greek Polis of Arethousa is established.
January 499 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Sindos is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).
January 499 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Chalestre is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).
January 498 BC: Achaemenid Persian hegemony over Macedonia was briefly interrupted by the Ionian Revolt (499-493 BC).
January 491 BC: In 492 BC, following the Ionian Revolt, the Persian general Mardonius firmly re-tightened the Persian grip in the Balkans.
Disestablishment
January 478 BC: The Kingdom of Macedonia regained independence following the defeat and withdrawal of the Achaemenid Empire in 479 BC.
Selected Sources
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, pp. 1382-1389
Herodotus, The Histories, IX.66
Herodotus, The Histories, VII.25
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