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Events relating to macedonia
Philip II succeds his father Amyntas III on the throne of Macedonia, the northernmost kingdom of Greece
Philip II sets about making Macedon the most powerful state in Greece
Alexander the Great is born in Pella, the capital of his father Philip II, at the heart of the expanding Macedonian kingdom
The Macedonians develop the catapult as a siege engine for the armies of Philip II and Alexander the Great
Philip of Macedon defeats Athens and Thebes at Chaeronaea, giving him control of Greece
The 21-year-old Alexander the Great marches east with some 5000 cavalry and 30,000 footsoldiers
Real power will remain with the Macedonian generals, who after much dispute divide up Alexander's empire among themselves
Alexander IV and his mother Roxana are murdered by order of Cassander (by now the self-proclaimed king of Macedonia)
An Albanian uprising against the Ottoman empire is so successful that the Albanians are able to capture Skopje in Macedonia
Bulgaria, hoping to gain territory in disputed Macedonia, declares war on Serbia
Royal tombs are excavated at Vergina, in Macedonia, probably including that of Philip of Macedon
Macedonia follows the example of Slovenia and Croatia in proclaiming its independence from Yugoslavia