The first ancient Macedonian king who started making his own coins, was Alexander 1 st Philhellene (498-454 BC). Ancient Macedonia was situated in the northern modern Greek peninsula, where the second-largest Greek city, Thessaloniki, is today.

Macedonia, ancient kingdom centred on the plain in the northeastern corner of the Greek peninsula, at the head of the Gulf of Thérmai.

The so-called "Greek" position it seems, is held only by modern Greeks, writes Eugene Borza (1990: 91 n. 27), citing … Alexander I’s father, Amyntas I (r.547-498 BCE), is the first Macedonian king on record as entering into treaties and compacts with other nations. (Page of tag Macedonia) The ancient Macedonians were constantly promoting Hellenic culture and language whereas Gandeto obviously hates and fights everything Hellenic. Early Kings & Culture. The ongoing debate about whether Alexander the Great was Greek or Macedonian stems from the fact that the geographical borders of the two countries have changed dramatically since Alexander the Great’s time. In the 4th century bce it achieved hegemony over Greece and conquered lands as far east as the Indus River, establishing a short-lived empire that introduced the Hellenistic Age of ancient Greek civilization. There is narrative evidence regarding the analogy between the "Slav" and ancient Macedonian culture from a later period as well. The early kings prior to Alexander I are semi-historic and little is known of their reigns. You are indeed right, Gandeto,as regards to the number of the satraps who were of Macedonian origin. Ancient Origins articles related to Macedonia in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. The material culture of the ancient Macedonians, in our opinion, represents the crux of the "otherness" that clearly separates these two ancient peoples. The Byzantine historian and writer Nichephore Gregoras during his visit to the Macedonian town of Strumica in 1326, recorded that there he heard a large number of Macedonian … It is not a secret that the Greeks had literary language before the Macedonians did and that many wealthy Macedonian were speaking the Greek even from the period of Alexander 1 st , but the Macedonian language was not forgotten. Ancient Macedonia burst onto the scene with the rise of Philip II and Alexander the Great, but this was not the beginning of the nation.