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Thofe who died in the fervice were honoured with public 

 monuments, and their children and relations were freed from 

 tribute. In all other rcfpcfts, they were treated with the 

 greateft humanity and condefcenlion ; and when the time 

 limited for their fervice expired, or their wounds rendered 

 them incapable of forving, they were difmilTcd, with ample 

 provifion for themfelves and families, that they might enjoy 

 the fruits of their labour, and by living in eafe and peace, 

 excite younger and more robuft men to come cheerfully in 

 their room. 



The kingdom of Macedon commenced with Caranus in 

 the year 814 B.C. and continued 646 years, till the battle of 

 Pydna. 



A Table of the kings of Macedon from its ettablilhment 

 to its difTolution. 



Carunus. 



Csnus. 



Thurimas. 



P>;rdicca3 I. 



Argacus 1. 



Philip I. 



• ^ropas. 



Aleclus or Alcetas. 



Amyiitas 1. 



Alexander I. 



Perdiccas II. 



Archelaus, laid to be the patron 

 of learning. 



Amyntas II. 



Paufanias. 



Amyntas II. 



Argaius II the Tyrant. 



Amyntas II. reftored. 



Alexander II. 



Ptolemy Alontss. 



Perdiccas III. 



Philip II. fon of Amyntas. 



Ale.sander II I. -called thg Great. 



Philip III. Ar'idauu 



Caffander. 



Antipater. 



Alexander. 



Demetrius PolkcerteS' 



Pyrrhus. 



Lyfimachus 



Ptolemy Ccraunus. 



Melcager. 



Antipater the Ele/ian. 



Antigonus, called Conatas, 



Demetrius II. 



Antigonus Do/on. 



Philip V. 



Perfeus. 



Perfeus defeated at the battle of 

 Pydna, and taken prifoner by 

 the Romans, which properly 

 hnilhes the kingdom of Mace- 

 don. 

 152 - Andrifcus, pretending to be the 

 fon of Perfeus, affumcd ■ the 

 tyranny of Macedon, but died 

 ill the year 148 B.C. 



In the preceding reigns no very interefting event occurred, 

 till that of Amyntas, to whom Megabyzus, the Perflau 



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7S6 



774 

 729 

 678 

 640 

 602 

 576 

 547 

 497 

 454 

 4'3 



399 

 39S 

 397 

 392 

 390 

 371 

 370 

 366 

 360 

 336 

 S^i 

 316 

 298 

 297 

 294 

 287 

 286 

 280 

 279 

 278 

 277 



243 

 232 

 221 

 179 

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general, fent feven of the principal comnianders of Ins army 

 to require him to acknowledge king Darius. Amyntaj 

 complied, and gave them a magnificent fcaft. Being in- 

 toxicated with wine, they defired that the women might be 

 produced according to the cullom of P.-rfvi. In this par- 

 ticular they were alfo gratified ; but as tlieir intoxication 

 increafed, they began to behave in a brutal manner, and 

 were all flain by the contrivance of Alexander, the fon of 

 Amyntas. Upon this B baris was fent by Megabyzus, 

 with a confiderablc body of troop.s, to reycnge their deaths ; 

 but Alexander contrived to pacity Bubaris, by introducing 

 to him Gyg^a his filler, who was a very beautiful woman ; 

 and who fo far captivated the officer, that for the fake of ob- 

 taining her for a wife, he adjulled all things to the fatis- 

 faSion of Amyntas. From this time the kings of Macedon 

 became tributary to the Perfi:n emperors; but tiicy were 

 always regarded as faithful allies, and treated with kindnefs 

 and rcfpeft. From this reign the hillory of the kmtrs of 

 Macedonia begins to be blended with that of the other 

 powers ef Greece. The Maced mian fovereigns infenfibly 

 extended their potfenions and authority both to the eall and 

 weft of their country ; -and the prudence of Perdiccas I. 

 paved the way for the profperous reign of Philip II., and 

 for the fucceeding conqueits of his f^n Alexander. (See 

 the biographical articles of Philip and Alexander ibc 

 Great.) After a reign of about r2 years, the extenfive 

 dominions of Alexander were divided among his generals ; 

 Philip Arida^us was recognifed as his fuccelTor ; but the 

 ambition of the oiher princes deprived him of a great part 

 of his father's pod'effions. His fuccelTors, after many de- 

 llrudtive wars with the princes who reigned in Afia, termi- 

 nated their career by a war with the Romans, which proved 

 diiaftrous to them ; fo that Perfeus, after his defeat, was 

 carried captive to Rome ; and in a {hort time Macedonia 

 became a part of the Roman empire. See the next article. 

 Macedonia Saluturis. When Paulus jEmilius had 

 finifhed the conquell of Macedonia, by his viclory over 

 Perfeus its lall king, he divided this kingdom into four 

 diftinft regions, which became fubjeft to different forts of 

 government, fometimes at the will of the emperor, and at 

 other times under the authority of the fenate. At length, 

 after the reign of Conliantine, Macedonia became fubjedt 

 to the government of the prsetorian prefecl of the Eafteru 

 Illyria, and was divided into two provinces. The fecond 

 of thefe provinces was named Salutaris, on account of its 

 mineral waters ; it extended itfelf to the upper part of 

 Macedonia, in the vicinity of the mountains which fepa- 

 rated this province from ISIcefia Superior or Dardania. It 

 was under the metropohs of Sobi, and comprifed eight 

 towns. Pliny. 



Macedonia, in Modern Geography, a province of Euro- 

 pean Turkey, bounded on the N. by Servia, on the E. by 

 Romania, on the S. by Theffaly and the Archipelago, and 

 on the W. by Albania. Its figure is irregular; its fituation ad- 

 vantageous ; and the air clear, iharp, and falubrious. The 

 foil is, in general, fertile ; and the maritime coalts particu- 

 larly abound with corn, wine, and oil. In the inland parts 

 are ieveral uninhabited walles. It had formerly mines and 

 plenty of timber. Its numerons line bays render it conve- 

 nient for trade. Its capical is Salonichi. See the article 

 Macedonia. 



MACEDONIAN Kingdo.m, in Ancient Hijlory, one of 

 the four kingdoms into which the empire of Alexander was 

 divided after his death. This kingdom, under Perfeus, 

 who was overcome and taken by ./Erailius, and carried ia 

 triumph to Rome, where he died in prifon, was reduced ta 



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