Antiquity
Macedonian Empire
- Period
- 675 BC – 292 BC
- Duration
- approx. 383 years
- Greatest extent
- around 323 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 4.9 million km²
Profile
Strength
Sarissa phalanx plus heavy cavalry (Companions); Alexander's army numbered about 40,000.
Famous figures
- Philip II
- Alexander the Great
- Parmenion
- Ptolemy I
- Seleucus I
Wars & battles won
- Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)
- Battle of the Granicus (334 BC)
- Battle of Issus (333 BC)
- Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)
- Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BC)
Wars & battles lost
- Wars of the Diadochi (from 323 BC): the empire broke apart
Languages
- Ancient Greek
Period and duration
Macedonian Empire — according to the map data from 675 BC to 292 BC, roughly 383 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Macedonian Empire — greatest extent around 323 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 4.9 million km², roughly 3.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (676 BC)
After
Neighbours around 323 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Nanda Empire
- Yuezhi
- Scythia
- Kingdom of Kush
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Carthage
- Kingdom of Lysimachus
- Greek City-States
Learn more
- Open the world map in 323 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Macedonian Empire on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.