List of Famous people with last name Macedon

Philip II of Macedon

First Name Philip
Last Name Macedon
Died on January 1, -0336

Philip II of Macedon was the king (basileus) of the kingdom of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty of Macedonian kings, the third son of King Amyntas III of Macedon, and father of Alexander the Great and Philip III. The rise of Macedon, its conquest and political consolidation of most of Classical Greece during the reign of Philip II was achieved in part by his reformation of the Ancient Macedonian army, establishing the Macedonian phalanx that proved critical in securing victories on the battlefield. After defeating the Greek city-states of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, Philip II led the effort to establish a federation of Greek states known as the League of Corinth, with him as the elected hegemon and commander-in-chief of Greece for a planned invasion of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. However, his assassination by a royal bodyguard, Pausanias of Orestis, led to the immediate succession of his son Alexander, who would go on to invade the Achaemenid Empire in his father's stead.

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Promachus of Macedon

First Name Promachus
Born on January 1, -0400
Died on January 1, -0324 (aged 76)

Promachus was a common soldier in Alexander's army. In 324 BC at Susa, when a drinking contest was held in connection with the funeral of Indian philosopher Calanus, Promachus drank the equivalent of 13 litres of unmixed wine and won the first prize of a golden crown worth a talent. He died three days later and forty-one other contestants allegedly died of alcohol poisoning as well.

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Demetrius I of Macedon

First Name Demetrius
Died on January 1, -0283

Demetrius I, called Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a Macedonian nobleman, military leader, and finally king of Macedon. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was its first member to rule Macedonia.

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Cleopatra of Macedon

First Name Cleopatra
Born on November 30, -0351
Died on January 1, -0308 (aged 43)

Cleopatra of Macedonia, or Cleopatra of Epirus, was an ancient Macedonian princess and later queen regent of Epirus. The daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus, she was the only full sibling of Alexander the Great. Her other siblings include half sisters Thessalonike and Cynane, and half-brother Philip III of Macedon.

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Alexandros IV of Macedon

First Name Alexandros
Born on January 1, -0323
Died on January 1, -0309 (aged 14)

Alexander IV, erroneously called sometimes in modern times Aegus, was the son of Alexander the Great and Princess Roxana of Bactria.

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Thessalonike of Macedon

First Name Thessalonike
Born on November 30, -0353
Died on January 1, -0295 (aged 58)

Thessalonike was a Macedonian princess, the daughter of King Philip II of Macedon by his Thessalian wife or concubine, Nicesipolis. History links her to three of the most powerful men in Macedon—daughter of King Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great and wife of Cassander.

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Nicaea of Macedon

First Name Nicaea
Born on January 1, -0400
Died on November 30, -0303 (aged 96)

Nicaea was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and was a daughter of the powerful regent Antipater. Her mother's name is unknown. She was born and raised in Macedonia while her father was governor of Macedonia during the reign of Greek King Alexander the Great.

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Perseus of Macedon

First Name Perseus
Born on November 30, -0213
Died on January 1, -0166 (aged 47)

Perseus was the last king (Basileus) of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great. He also has the distinction of being the last of the line, after losing the Battle of Pydna on 22 June 168 BC; subsequently, Macedon came under Roman rule.

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Philip III of Macedon

First Name Philip
Last Name Macedon
Born on January 1, -0359
Died on January 1, -0317 (aged 42)

Philip III Arrhidaeus reigned as king of Macedonia from after 11 June 323 BC until his death. He was a son of King Philip II of Macedon by Philinna of Larissa, and thus an elder half-brother of Alexander the Great. Named Arrhidaeus at birth, he assumed the name Philip when he ascended to the throne.

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Europa of Macedon

First Name Europa
Born on November 30, -0351 (age 2375)

Europa of Macedon was the daughter of Philip II by his last wife, Cleopatra Eurydice. She is widely believed to have been murdered along with her mother, by Olympias, Philip's fourth wife and the mother of Alexander the Great.

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