I mean, I know there is Greek Macedonia and the Republic of Macedonia. Which is Alexander’s Macedonia? Is it in Greece? Where is his capital city of Pella?
2006-08-16 06:28:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
All the above answers are correct.
Alexander was born in the ancient Greek city of Pella, capital city of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon (or Greek Macedonia). He expanded the Greek civilization and he builded a gigantic Greek empire!
(As said above Alexander intention was to make as a capital of his empire the city of Babylon but didn’t make it because he died.)
The city of Pella is one of the most important archaeological sites of Greece!
At the end of the 5th beginning of the 4th century B.C., Pella became the capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. The excavations have revealed parts of the earlier city, including the cemetery and scanty architectural remains in the area of the modern drainage canal. The city was organized and expanded during the reign of Philip II and Cassander and flourished in the middle of the 4th and during the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. It was captured by the Romans in 168/167 B.C. and was finally destroyed by an earthquake, possibly in the first decade of the 1st century B.C.
The first excavations on the site were carried out between 1957 and 1963-64, and brought to light the houses with the mosaic floors and part of the Palace. A second campaign was undertaken in 1976 and is still in progress. So far it has revealed the Agora, part of the Palace, other houses, sanctuaries and cemeteries.
Restoration work was first carried out in 1957-1964 at the walls and the west, Ionic peristyle of the house with the Dionysos mosaic. In 1976 a column of the peristyle in the house with the mosaic of the "Abduction of Helen" was restored.
The architectural remains have been protected under sheds.
The finds from the excavation are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Pella.
2006-08-16 06:46:15 · answer #1 · answered by ragzeus 6 · 26⤊ 19⤋
The Republic of Macedonia
2015-09-29 01:39:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Macedonia, one and united!
2016-08-09 05:14:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Birthplace Of Alexander The Great
2017-02-20 15:29:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About 410 B.C. King Achelaos of Macedon transferred his capital from Aigai (see Édessa and Vérgina) to what was then the north coast of the Thermaic Gulf and founded the city of Pélla, in which the Attic tragedian Euripides spent the last years of his life and Alexander the Great was born in 356 B.C. The city seems to have had two acropolises, one on the site of the present-day village of Palaiá Pélla (1km/.75mi north of the main road) and the other to the west of this, where walls probably belonging to the palace were found (Site II). From there the town extended south as far as the former island of Phakos, to the south of the road. Following the destruction of the town by the Romans after the battle of Pydna (196 B.C.), of which Pliny gives an account, Pélla disappeared from sight and was rediscovered only in 1957 by Makaronas and Petsas. The excavations carried out since then have been highly productive.
2006-08-16 06:42:22 · answer #5 · answered by Delroy G 1 · 16⤊ 10⤋
I'm happy to see your question and very happy to see so many correct answers !
I just wanna ad one thing, one of the greatest sights in Macedonia (the real Macedonia) is the tomb of King Philip which was found in a very good condition, the relics were not stolen and the drawings in the walls are amazing !
Unfortunately the tomb of Alexander the Greek is has not yet found.
2006-08-16 09:06:51 · answer #6 · answered by Spartan 3 · 19⤊ 11⤋
Alexander was from Greek-Macedonia.
His capital city Pella is in Macedonia in Greece.
2006-08-16 06:33:31 · answer #7 · answered by tom t 3 · 19⤊ 14⤋
Greek Macedonia--if you follow how things sort played out, when Alexander died his empire went to his 5 generals--including Ptolemy who started his own Egyptian royal family
2006-08-16 06:58:19 · answer #8 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 19⤊ 12⤋
First of all the name of the country you mean is F. Y. R. O. M.
Alexander the Great was born in Greece and when he was a king , he was calling himself King of the Greeks. Alexander , Filippos (his father) , Olympiada (his mother) ,Macedonia are greek names and I can tell you what they mean in greek language...
I can't believe that there is a country who wants the name of Macedonia and its residents speak a language that doesn't know what Macedonia means. The half of them are Bulgarians and the rest are Albanians or whatever. Politics...
2006-08-16 07:07:55 · answer #9 · answered by andelska 3 · 22⤊ 14⤋
The Pella Museum is on the Thessaloniki-Edessa national highway in GREECE.
Details on the Pella Prefecture may be found at: http://www.vacation-macedonia.com/pella/ .
2006-08-16 06:44:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 17⤊ 10⤋