Ancient Macedonians
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The Macedonians were an ancient tribe that lived on the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios in the northeastern part of mainland Greece. Essentially an ancient Greek people, the
Stag Hunt Mosaic, 4th century BC
The expansion of ancient Macedon up to the death of Philip II of Macedon (r. 359 – 336 BC)
Regions of Mygdonia, Edonia, Bisaltia, Crestonia and Bottiaea
The entrance to the "Great Tumulus" Museum at Vergina
Ancient Macedonian language
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Ancient Macedonian was either an ancient Greek dialect—part of Northwest or Aeolic Greek—or a Hellenic language spoken by the ancient Macedonians during the 1st millennium BC. Spoken originally in the
Ancient Macedonians
…valley on the northern edge of the Greek world, absorbing or driving out neighbouring non-Greek tribes, primarily Thracian and Illyrian. They spoke Ancient Macedonian, which is usually classified as a dialect of Northwest Greek, and occasionally as a dialect of Aeolic Greek or as a distinct Hellenic language (i.e. a…
Binding spell, 4th century B.C., Oraiokastro
Funerary stele, with an epigram on the top, mid 4th century B.C., Vergina