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Amyntas I (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντας) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from at least 512/511 until his death in 498/497 BC. Although there were a number of rulers before him, Amyntas is the first king of Macedonia for which we have any reliable historical information.
In Argead Dynasty. …and by the reign of Amyntas I (6th century bc) Macedonian power extended eastward beyond the Axius (Axiós) River to dominate the neighbouring Thracian tribes. Amyntas’ successor, Alexander I (reigned before 492– c. 450), advanced his frontiers eastward to the Strymon (Struma) River.
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Led first by the Argead dynasty of kings, Macedonia became a vassal state of the Achaemenid Empire of ancient Persia during the reigns of Amyntas I of Macedon ( r. 547 – 498 BC) and his son Alexander I of Macedon ( r. 498 – 454 BC ).
Apr 5, 2021 · Updated 5 April, 2021 - 19:00 dhwty. The Argead Dynasty and the Founding of the Kingdom of Macedonia. Read Later. Print. The Argead dynasty was a royal dynasty that founded and initially ruled over the Kingdom of Macedon. This dynasty traces its origins all the way back to the mythical hero Heracles, via Temenus, his great-great-grandson.
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May 2, 2017 · Amynas I, fl.508-498 BC, was the king of Macedon at the start of the Greco-Persian Wars, and was forced to submit to Persian authority. Amyntas was the son of Alcetas, the eighth king of Macedon starting with Caranus or fifth starting with Perdiccas.
Nov 5, 2018 · Macedon was an ancient kingdom located in the north of the Greek peninsula first inhabited by the Mackednoi tribe who, according to Herodotus, were the first to call themselves 'Hellenes' (later applied to all Greeks) and who gave the land their name.
Amyntas III ( Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντας) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 393/2 to 388/7 BC and again from 387/6 to 370 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty through his father Arrhidaeus, a son of Amyntas, one of the sons of Alexander I. His most famous son is Philip II, father of Alexander the Great . Family.
