During the reign of Amyntas I (6th century BC) Macedonian kingdom was extended eastward beyond the Axiós River to dominate the neighbouring Thracian tribes. Amyntas' successor, Alexander I "the Philhellene" (reigned 492- 454), advanced his frontiers more eastward to the Strymon River. He obtained admission to the Olympic Games.
By the 5th century BC the Macedonians had adopted in some scale the Greek language and had a unified kingdom. Alexander's son Perdiccas II (reigned 450- 413) asserted his succession against his brothers. He has united the Greek cities of Chalcidice in a federation centring on the city of Olynthus. Perdiccas' son Archelaus (reigned c. 413-399) adopted a strongly philhellenic policy, introducing Greek artists to his new capital at Pella. He strengthened Macedonia by building roads and fortresses, improving army equipment, and encouraging urban life, and his assassination in 399 was followed by six years of anarchy.
After six years of anarchy a grandson of Perdiccas II, Amyntas III,
took the throne in 393/392. Although his reign was filled with outlaw and
intrigue, he successfully restored unity of the kingdom. His death
in 370/369 left three sons, of whom the first two, Alexander II and Perdiccas
III, ruled only briefly. In 359 Amyntas' third son, Philip II, assumed
control in the name of Perdiccas' infant heir; having restored order he
made himself king (reigned 359-336) and raised Macedonia to a predominant
position throughout the whole of Greece. Philip's son Alexander III the
Great (reigned 336-323) has e conquered much of what was then the civilized
world. On Alexander III's premature death at Babylon his generals divided
up the satrapies of his empire and formaly adopted Philip II's illegitimate
son, Philip Arrhidaeus, and Alexander's posthumous son by Roxanne, Alexander
IV, as kings. Both kings were murdered, Arrhidaeus in 317 and Alexander
IV in 309 and Alexander IV and his mother Roxane were assassinated by Cassander
who then usurped the throne of Macedonia. It was the end of the dynasty
of Argeads.
ZEUS
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Hercules
... several generations
Perdiccas
I (the founder of the dinasty) (about 700 BC.)
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Amyntas I(6th
century BC)
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Alexander I (philhellen) (492 - 454)
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Perdiccas II (454 - 413)
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Archelaos
(413 - 399)
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After the death of Archelaos, for 6 years in Macedonia
was anarchy
Amyntas III (393 - 379)
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Giasone (379 - 370)
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Alexander II of Pherai (370 - 368) Perdicca III
Phillip II = Olympias
(359 - 334)
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Alexander III
Cleopatra
Phillip II wifes
1) Phila
2) Olympias
3) Cleopatra-------Europa
4) Philinna--------Archideus
5) Audata
6) Nicesipoli------Thessalonica
7) Meda
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