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The history of the Macedonian monarchy began in 808 B.C.E. with Caranus who was the first king of Macedonia.
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Macedonia was created with the first king in 808 b.c and ended in 65 B.C.E when Macedonia became a Roman province.
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King Phillip II was made the king of Macedonia in 359 B.C which was very important because he united the southern Greek city-states with the north, and brought them all under Macedonian rule.
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Alexander is the king of Macedonia in 336. He lead the Macedonian army into Asia and attacked the Persian army, Alexander the 3rd was successful in the attack and conquered Persia. After that Macedonia becomes the largest empire in Europe going from Europe to north Africa.
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After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E., the empire was divided by four of his top generals. Over the next century, these territories experienced a series of internal power struggles and civil wars, as different factions conflicted with each other for control of these lands. Which was bad because this divided the power of Macedonia.
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Rome took over the Macedonian lands and the Macedonian kingdom ceased to exist. By 146 B.C.E., Macedonia became a Roman province. By 65 B.C.E.
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The Roman victory over Cleopatra VII puts an end to the last of the Macedonian descendants in Egypt, and with it to the last remains of the Macedonian Empire.
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Antigonus looses to Greece and is reduced to the borders it had before Alexander the great. In the third Macedonian war, Rome defeats Macedonia and Rome conquers. This is the beginning of the fall of Macedonia.
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The Roman empire splits into the West and East and Macedonia goes to the Eastern Byzantine which is a huge continent stretching over three continents. The Byzantine rulers are all Roman but over time the Macedonian people take over.
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Cyril and Methodius are brothers who worked together to make the very first Slavonic alphabet and promote Christianity among the Slavic people.
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Basil is the first Macedonian to become a Byzantine emperor. The empires most successful point is called the 'Golden age'. The Macedonians now rule another empire.
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In the weakening of the by the Byzantine empire the Macedonian Slavs rebelled against the Bulgarian authority. Tsar Samuel creates a strong Macedonian empire with the center at Ohrid.
