Brill’s Companion to Ancient Macedon: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Macedon, 650 BC - 300 AD

Greek and other European archaeologists and historians, make available to English readers some of the findings that have come to light over the past few decades on the linguistic, cultural, institutional, civic, and funerary histories of Macedon, which dominated Greek history for nearly two centuries. Some survey general themes while others focus on a particular place or period. The topics include Macedonians and other Greeks, the Kingdom of Macedonia and the Chalcidic League, coinage and finance, the ancient city of Aegae, the 360s, Philip and Alexander's Macedon, Philippi, traditional cults and beliefs, Macedonia in Thrace, the reigns of Antigonos Gonatas and Demetrios II, Thessalonike, art in the Roman period 168 BC-337 AD, and early Christianity in Macedonia. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)