Macedon

The ancient city of Aegae in Greece, where the royal tombs are located, dates back to the 7th century BC; it became Macedonia’s first capital after it was conglomerated from a collection of villages into a city in the 5th century BC. Aegae was eventually supplanted by a new capital at Pella in the 4th century BC but retained its status as the spiritual home and burial ground of the Macedonian kings. Alexander the Great’s Family Identities Confirmed at Vergina Tumulus The Argead Dynasty and the Founding of the Kingdom of Macedonia Aegae Becomes Lost to History Both settlements were partially destroyed by Rome in 168 BC following the Battle of Pydna when Macedonia was finally defeated, and a landslide