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Condition: New, Made in Greece. Material: Pure Bronze Height: 2,5 cm - 1 inches Width: 10 cm - 3,9 inches Length: 10 cm - 3,9 inches Weight: 350 g Macedonia , also called Macedon , was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic & Classical Greece, & later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded & initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid & Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, & bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east & Thessaly to the south. Before the 4th century BC, Macedonia was a small kingdom outside of the area dominated by the great city-states of Athens, Sparta & Thebes, & briefly subordinate to Achaemenid Persia. During the reign of the Argead king Philip II (359-336 BC), Macedonia subdued mainland Greece & the Thracian Odrysian kingdom through conquest & diplomacy. With a reformed army containing phalanxes wielding the sarissa pike, Philip II defeated the old powers of Athens & Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. Philip II's son Alexander the Great, leading a federation of Greek states, accomplished his father's objective of commanding the whole of Greece when he destroyed Thebes after the city revolted. During Alexander's subsequent campaign of conquest, he overthrew the Achaemenid Empire & conquered territory that stretched as far as the Indus River. For a brief period, his empire was the most powerful in the world - the definitive Hellenistic state, inaugurating the transition to a new period of Ancient Greek civilization. Greek arts & literature flourished in the new conquered lands & advances in philosophy, engineering, & science spread throughout much of the ancient world. Of particular importance were the contributions of Aristotle, tutor to Alexander, whose writings became a keystone of Western philosophy. ΣΕΜ 55-024 ΜΠΩΛ ΜΕ ΔΙΑΚΟΣΜΗΣΗ 3Χ10 - 15 Ancient Greek Plate - Macedonian, With Floral Design Small Museum Reproduction Pure Bronze Artifact
