{"slug": "macedonia-ancient-kingdom", "label": "Macedonia (ancient kingdom)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28ancient_kingdom%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83958", "qid": "Q83958", "description": "ancient Hellenic kingdom", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [-639, -199], "span_label": ["640 BCE", "200 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "lysimachus", "label": "Lysimachus", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "antigonus-ii-gonatas", "label": "Antigonus II Gonatas", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "epirus", "label": "Epirus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sicily", "label": "Sicily", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thessaly", "label": "Thessaly", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pyrrhus-of-epirus", "label": "Pyrrhus of Epirus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-the-great", "label": "Alexander the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seleucus-i-nicator", "label": "Seleucus I Nicator", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -639, "year_label": "640 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Argaeus I, king of Macedonia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510228#Deaths", "title": "640 BC", "revid": 1370510228, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -462, "year_label": "463 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "In Athens, the democratic statesman Ephialtes and the young Pericles attempt to get the oligarchic Kimon ostracized for allegedly receiving bribes. Kimon is charged by Pericles and other democratic politicians with having been bribed not to attack the King of Macedonia (who may have been suspected of covertly helping the Thasian rebels). Though Kimon is acquitted, his influence on the Athenian people is waning.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129357#Greece", "title": "463 BC", "revid": 1350129357, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -358, "year_label": "359 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Perdiccas III, king of Macedonia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296027918#Deaths", "title": "359 BC", "revid": 1296027918, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -308, "year_label": "309 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Lysimachus, the Macedonian ruler of Thrace and one of diadochi, founds the city of Lysimachia on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese (the modern Gallipoli peninsula) to serve as his capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247027805#Thrace", "title": "309 BC", "revid": 1247027805, "section": "Events › By place › Thrace"}}, {"year": -294, "year_label": "295 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The king of Macedon, Antipater II, murders his mother Thessalonike, accusing her of being too fond of his brother and co-ruler Alexander V.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129451#Greece", "title": "295 BC", "revid": 1350129451, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -280, "year_label": "281 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Battle of Corupedium in Lydia is the last battle of the Diadochi, the rival successors to Alexander the Great. It is fought between the armies of Lysimachus, King of Thrace, Macedonia, Western Anatolia and Seleucus, ruler of Eastern Anatolia, Syria, Phoenicia, Judea, Babylonia and Iran. Seleucus kills Lysimachus during the battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366700718#Asia_Minor", "title": "281 BC", "revid": 1366700718, "section": "Events › By place › Asia Minor"}}, {"year": -280, "year_label": "281 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Lysimachus, king of Thrace and Macedonia (b. c. 360 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366700718#Deaths", "title": "281 BC", "revid": 1366700718, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -273, "year_label": "274 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pyrrhus returns from Italy and Sicily and invades Macedonia defeating Antigonus II Gonatas at the Battle of the Aous and conquering Upper Macedonia and Thessaly while Antigonus holds onto the coastal Macedonian towns. Antigonus' troops desert him and Pyrrhus is declared King of Macedonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367769282#Greece", "title": "274 BC", "revid": 1367769282, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -238, "year_label": "239 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus II Gonatas, king of Macedon from 277 BC who has rebuilt his kingdom's power and established its hegemony over Greece (b. c. 319 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1212004865#Deaths", "title": "239 BC", "revid": 1212004865, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -237, "year_label": "238 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Philip V, king (basileus) of Macedonia (d. 179 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342094383#Births", "title": "238 BC", "revid": 1342094383, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -230, "year_label": "231 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II, king of Macedonia, seeks military help from Agron, king of Illyria, a loosely organized state on the Adriatic coast north of Epirus, against the advancing Aetolians. The Illyrian army routs the Aetolians and returns home as the victor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1276082373#Greece", "title": "231 BC", "revid": 1276082373, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -221, "year_label": "222 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Sellasia: Cleomenes III of Sparta is defeated by Antigonus III of Macedon and his allies (the Achaean League, the Boeotian League, the Acarnanians, Epirus and the Illyrians under the command of Demetrius of Pharos) near Sellasia (north of Sparta) and flees to Egypt under the protection of King Ptolemy III. Antigonus III's forces occupy Sparta, which is the first time this city has ever been occupied.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295080485#Greece", "title": "222 BC", "revid": 1295080485, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -199, "year_label": "200 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Acarnanians, with Macedonian support, invade Attica, causing Athens, which has previously maintained its neutrality, to seek help from the enemies of Philip. Attalus I of Pergamum, who is with his fleet at Aegina, receives an embassy from Athens asking him to come to the city for consultations. After he is told that Roman ambassadors are also in Athens, Attalus goes there in haste.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360771623#Greece", "title": "200 BC", "revid": 1360771623, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}]}