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Amyntas III of Macedon

king of Macedonia from 393/2 to 370 BC

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4th century BC

  • 393 BCEAmyntas 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.source
  • 383 BCEKing 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.source
  • 382 BCEPhilip II, king of Macedon (d. 336 BC), son of Amyntas III of Macedon and Eurydike of Lynkestissource
  • 379 BCESparta suppresses the Chalcidian League and imposes terms favourable to King Amyntas III of Macedonia.source
  • 369 BCEOn 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.source
  • 369 BCEAmyntas III, king of Macedoniasource
  • 365 BCEPerdiccas 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.source

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