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Caranus or Karanos (Greek: Κάρανος, romanized: Káranos) was the first king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia according to later traditions. According to Herodotus, however, the first king was Perdiccas I. Caranus is first reported by Theopompus and is the mythical founder of the Argead dynasty.
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Caranus or Karanos (Greek: Κάρανος) was the first king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon according to later traditions. According to Herodotus, however, the first king was Perdiccas I. Caranus is first reported by Theopompus (FGrH, No. 115, Frag. 393) and is the mythical founder of the Argead dynasty. According to a Greek myth, Caranus ...
Caranus or Karanos (Greek: Κάρανος, romanized: Káranos) was the son of Philip II and a half-brother of Alexander the Great. It used to be thought that his mother was Cleopatra Eurydice and so Caranus was an infant at the time of his death.
- The Foundation of The Dynasty
- Alexander I
- Perdiccas II
- The Apex of The Dynasty
- The Decline of The Dynasty
The land of ancient Macedon hosted the primary steps of one of the earlier empires of the world. According to the Homeric poems, as a “no man’s land”, the region was characterized by its vast and dense forests, which supplied material for the highly regarded Athenian naval fleet. According to the literary sources of the time, the Macedonian empire ...
The earliest king we have literary evidence of is emblematically Alexander the I, the son of Perdiccas. According to Thucydides, Perdiccas, the son of the Argive Caranus, played a role in the conquestof the wider area of Macedonian by occupying territories and relocating its residents. Although relocating could be a naive interpretation: the conque...
The expansion of Athenian imperialism brought agitation in the territories of the kingdom, especially when the cunning Athenians took advantage of Alexander's I death and expanded their dominion through an aggressive colonial policy and a fierce diplomatic alliance with the eastern neighbors of Macedonia. As a result, a colony of importance was fou...
The successor of Perdiccas II, Archelaus, ruled for almost 14 years, which is almost double the approximately seven years that Perdiccas II ruled Macedonia. Between the two kings, eight Argeads ruled for 40 years, each for a few years. Then came Philip II in 359 BCE who brought a new eminence to the Macedonian kingdom. During this agitated period, ...
After the death of Alexander in 323 BCE, Cassander the king of Macedonia from 305 BCE until 297 BCE put an end to the Argead dynasty by having Philip III Arrhideaus, the son of Philip the II and also Alexander the IV (the son of Roxana and Alexander the Great), assassinated in 317 and 310 BCE, respectively. Cassander's actions were based on his int...
Caranus (Ancient Greek: Κάρανος) may refer to: People. Caranus of Macedon, legendary progenitor of the royal house of Macedon; Caranus (son of Philip II) (4th century BC), half-brother of Alexander the Great; Caranus (hetairos) (died 329 BC), of Alexander the Great
5 de nov. de 2018 · The kingdom was founded c. 7th century BCE by Caranus who seems semi-mythical and named after the god Makedon (also given as Makednos, Macedon), a son of Zeus. For centuries, the Mackednoi had little to do with southern Greece and the Greeks considered them barbarians who were useful only for the raw materials their region provided ...
Caranus o Karanos ( griego : Κάρανος , romanizado : Káranos ) fue el primer rey del antiguo reino de Macedonia según tradiciones posteriores. Según Heródoto , sin embargo, el primer rey fue Pérdicas I. Caranus es reportado por primera vez por Theopompus [1] y es el fundador mítico de la dinastía Argead .
