Kingdom Of Macedon Amyntas III

Historically considered to be the founder of the unified Macedonian state, Amyntas III inherited a weak and precarious state from his predecessor. In the previous six years, the murder of Archelaos I had led to a period of confusion and infighting, as he had been succeeded by Crateuas, his murderer, who reigned for four days. Crateuas was followed by Orestes, son of the murdered Archelaos, who reigned for three years with his guardian Aeropos II. He in turn was followed by his brother Archelaos II and Pausanias [son of Aeropos], who reigned for six years before dying [by accident or design] while hunting. The death of Archelaos and the assassination of Pausanias ended the line of Perdikkas II, and led to the accession of...

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