Macedonia as a Persian vassal kingdom during the early stages of the Greco-Persian Wars
Capital
Aigai[1]
Common languages
Ancient Macedonian, Attic Greek, Old Persian
Government
Vassal monarchy (512/511–499 BC)
Fully subordinate monarchy (492–479 BC)
King
Historical era
Classical Antiquity
• Macedon becomes a vassal kingdom under Darius I
512/511–499 BC
• Macedon becomes a fully subordinate part of Persia.[2]
492–479 BC
• Conclusion of the Second Persian invasion of Greece
479 BC
• Macedon gains independence from Persia.[2]
479 BC
Currency
Daric, Siglos, Tetradrachm
Achaemenid Macedonia refers to the period in which the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia was under the sway of the Achaemenid Persians. In 512/511 BC, the Persian general Megabyzus forced the Macedonian king Amyntas I to make his kingdom a vassal of the Achaemenids. In 492 BC, following the Ionian Revolt, the Persian general Mardonius firmly re-tightened the Persian grip in the Balkans, making Macedon a fully subordinate kingdom within the Achaemenid domains and part of its administrative system. Macedonia served the Achaemenid Empire during the Greco-Persian Wars in their invasion of mainland Greece. They regained independence following the defeat and withdrawal of the Achaemenid Empire in 479 BC.
^Roisman & Worthington 2011, Chapter 5: Johannes Engels, "Macedonians and Greeks", p. 92.
^ abRoisman & Worthington 2011, pp. 135–138, 342–345.
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