Macedon was a region which had lagged behind the rest of the Greek world socially, economically, and culturally, failing to develop the polis or city-state institutions characteristic of the most advanced regions of Greece, but remaining instead a tribal society ruled by kings and dominated by a land-owning aristocracy.9 Indeed, there is some question as to whether Macedon should at […]

Lysimachus – Photo from www.mlahanas.de Lysimachus c. 361-281B.C. (Gr: Lysimachos) was son of Agathocles, a Thessalian from Crannon who moved with his family in Macedonia and became a flaterrer of king Philip. Lysimachos himself was born in Pella and his brothers were Philip, Autodicus and possibly Alcimachus. Lysimachos was a member of Alexanders’ companion cavalry who distinguished himself in India. […]

Quote: The principal geographical discoveries of our traveller, are the nature of the country between the Dead Sea and the gulf of Aelana, now Akaba;– the extent, conformation, and detailed topography of the Haouran;–the site of Apameia on the Orontes, one of the most important cities of Syria under the Macedonian Greeks;   Quote: When the Macedonian Greeks first became […]