{"slug": "amyntas-iii-of-macedon", "label": "Amyntas III of Macedon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyntas_III_of_Macedon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313907", "qid": "Q313907", "description": "king of Macedonia from 393/2 to 370 BC", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [-392, -364], "span_label": ["393 BCE", "365 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Amyntas III"], "related": [{"slug": "macedonia-ancient-kingdom", "label": "Macedonia (ancient kingdom)", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chalkidiki", "label": "Chalkidiki", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-ii-of-macedon", "label": "Philip II of Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "illyria", "label": "Illyria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "amphipolis", "label": "Amphipolis", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iphicrates", "label": "Iphicrates", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -392, "year_label": "393 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Amyntas III, a great grandson of Alexander I, becomes king of Macedonia following the disorders that have plagued the country following the death of the powerful King Archelaus I in 399 BC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363862420#Macedonia", "title": "393 BC", "revid": 1363862420, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonia"}}, {"year": -382, "year_label": "383 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "King Amyntas III of Macedon, forms a temporary alliance with the Chalcidian League, a confederation of cities of the Chalcidice peninsula, east of Macedonia. Sparta, whose policy is to keep Greeks disunited, sends an expedition northwards to disrupt the Chalcidian League.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363328705#Greece", "title": "383 BC", "revid": 1363328705, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -381, "year_label": "382 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Philip II, king of Macedon (d. 336 BC), son of Amyntas III of Macedon and Eurydike of Lynkestis", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363328792#Births", "title": "382 BC", "revid": 1363328792, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -378, "year_label": "379 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sparta suppresses the Chalcidian League and imposes terms favourable to King Amyntas III of Macedonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1306221670#Greece", "title": "379 BC", "revid": 1306221670, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -368, "year_label": "369 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "On the death of the Macedonian King Amyntas III, his eldest son Alexander II becomes king. The young king is simultaneously faced with an Illyrian invasion from the north-west and an attack from the east by the pretender of the Macedonian throne, Pausanias (who quickly captures several cities and threatens the queen mother, Eurydice). Alexander defeats his enemies with the help of the Athenian general Iphicrates, who has been sailing along the Macedonian coast on the way to recapture Amphipolis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1256893468#Greece", "title": "369 BC", "revid": 1256893468, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -368, "year_label": "369 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Amyntas III, king of Macedonia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1256893468#Deaths", "title": "369 BC", "revid": 1256893468, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -364, "year_label": "365 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Perdiccas III of Macedon, son of Amyntas III and Eurydice II, kills Ptolemy of Aloros, who has been the regent of Macedon since he arranged the assassination of Perdiccas III's brother Alexander II in 368 BC. With Ptolemy's death, Perdiccas III becomes King of Macedon in his own right.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1211340613#Greece", "title": "365 BC", "revid": 1211340613, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}]}