Territorial change of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (Macedonian Empire)

“Macedonia (ancient kingdom)”(Macedonian Empire) — appears in this map’s data from 675 BC to 292 BC. Its territory was largest in 318 BC – 316 BC, at ≈ 4.80 million km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
675 BC – 551 BC	≈ 2,706 km²
550 BC – 501 BC	≈ 19 thousand km²
500 BC – 481 BC	≈ 29 thousand km²
480 BC – 451 BC	≈ 23 thousand km²
450 BC – 405 BC	≈ 29 thousand km²
404 BC – 367 BC	≈ 29 thousand km²
366 BC – 351 BC	≈ 28 thousand km²
350 BC – 338 BC	≈ 57 thousand km²
337 BC – 334 BC	≈ 218 thousand km²
333 BC – 332 BC	≈ 585 thousand km²
331 BC – 327 BC	≈ 218 thousand km²
326 BC – 324 BC	≈ 218 thousand km²
323 BC – 319 BC	≈ 4.70 million km²
318 BC – 316 BC	≈ 4.80 million km²
315 BC – 308 BC	≈ 4.66 million km²
307 BC – 302 BC	≈ 1.53 million km²
301 BC – 292 BC	≈ 151 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in 318 BC – 316 BC (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
675 BC	≈ 2,706 km²	28 of 29
650 BC	≈ 2,706 km²	33 of 34
630 BC	≈ 2,706 km²	31 of 32
615 BC	≈ 2,706 km²	34 of 35
600 BC	≈ 2,706 km²	48 of 49
550 BC	≈ 19 thousand km²	20 of 49
540 BC	≈ 19 thousand km²	19 of 48
530 BC	≈ 19 thousand km²	18 of 47
500 BC	≈ 29 thousand km²	18 of 45
480 BC	≈ 23 thousand km²	19 of 43
450 BC	≈ 29 thousand km²	19 of 34
404 BC	≈ 29 thousand km²	20 of 32
383 BC	≈ 29 thousand km²	21 of 34
366 BC	≈ 28 thousand km²	24 of 36
350 BC	≈ 57 thousand km²	16 of 35
337 BC	≈ 218 thousand km²	7 of 30
333 BC	≈ 585 thousand km²	4 of 31
331 BC	≈ 218 thousand km²	9 of 33
326 BC	≈ 218 thousand km²	9 of 33
323 BC	≈ 4.70 million km²	1 of 36
318 BC	≈ 4.80 million km²	1 of 36
315 BC	≈ 4.66 million km²	1 of 34
307 BC	≈ 1.53 million km²	3 of 37
301 BC	≈ 151 thousand km²	13 of 38

Its highest rank was in 318 BC: number 36 of 1.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Polis — 24 frames
Kingdom of Bithynia — 5 frames
Odrysian kingdom — 5 frames
Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) — 4 frames
Lysimachus — 4 frames
Maurya Empire — 3 frames
Achaemenid Empire — 3 frames
Kingdom of Kush — 3 frames
Seleucid Empire — 2 frames
Ptolemaic Kingdom — 2 frames
Second Athenian League — 2 frames
Nanda Empire — 1 frames
Atropatene — 1 frames
Laomedon of Mytilene — 1 frames
Perdiccas — 1 frames
Polyperchon — 1 frames
Thebes, Greece — 1 frames
Peloponnesian War — 1 frames
Theban — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 13 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
323 BC	gained	Ptolemaic Kingdom	≈ 4.50 million km²
301 BC	lost	Seleucid Empire	≈ 649 thousand km²
301 BC	lost	Maurya Empire	≈ 450 thousand km²
315 BC	lost	Maurya Empire	≈ 404 thousand km²
333 BC	gained	Achaemenid Empire	≈ 366 thousand km²
301 BC	lost	Lysimachus	≈ 233 thousand km²
323 BC	gained	Nanda Empire	≈ 131 thousand km²
318 BC	gained	Laomedon of Mytilene	≈ 122 thousand km²
315 BC	gained	Seleucid Empire	≈ 117 thousand km²
337 BC	gained	Odrysian kingdom	≈ 102 thousand km²
315 BC	gained	Polyperchon	≈ 70 thousand km²
301 BC	lost	Ptolemaic Kingdom	≈ 67 thousand km²
337 BC	gained	Polis	≈ 27 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

Macedonia ( MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonía), also called Macedon ( MASS-ih-don), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.

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