Ancient Pydna
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Pydna was an ancient Greek city in what is now the regional unit of Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is an important place in the history of Pieria and a major archaeological site located directl
Pydna, the ancient site
Pydna, part of the wall
Pydna, Fryktoria
Pydna, the well
Battle of Pydna
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The Battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC between Rome and Macedon during the Third Macedonian War. The battle saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the Hellenistic world and the end of the Antigonid l
Ancient Pydna
…the late 6th century BC. Further coins were found dating from between 389 and 379 BC. On 22 June 168 BC, Perseus, the last Macedonian king, lost the Battle of Pydna to the Roman commander Aemilius Paullus, who afterwards took the epithet "Macedonicus". This battle ended the reign of the Antigonid dynasty over…
Perseus surrenders to Paullus. Painting by Jean-François Pierre Peyron from 1802. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.