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Amyntas III ( Greek: Ἀμύντας Γ ΄, died 370 BC ), son of Arrhidaeus and father of Philip II, was king of Macedon in 393 BC, and again from 392 to 370 BC.
By his wife Eurydice, Amyntas had three sons, Alexander II, Perdiccas III and the youngest of whom was the famous Philip II of Macedon.
A unified Macedonian state was eventually established by King Amyntas III ( c. 393 – 370 BC ), though it still retained strong contrasts between the cattle-rich coastal plain and the fierce isolated tribal hinterland, allied to the king by marriage ties.
The most common way to exploit these different sources of income was by leasing: the Pseudo-Aristotle reports in the Oeconomica that Amyntas III ( or maybe Philip II ) doubled the kingdom's port revenues with the help of Callistratus, who had taken refuge in Macedon, bringing them from 20 to 40 talents per year.
Originally appointed regent for his infant nephew Amyntas IV, who was the son of Perdiccas III, Philip managed to take the kingdom for himself that same year.
* Alexander immediately has Amyntas IV, son of King Perdiccas III and cousin of Alexander, executed.
* Amyntas III, a great grandson of Alexander I, becomes king of Macedonia following the disorders that have plagued the country following the death of the powerful King Archelaus I in 399 BC.
* Sparta suppresses the Chalcidian League and imposes terms favourable to King Amyntas III of Macedonia.
* Perdiccas III of Macedon, son of Amyntas III and Eurydice II, kills Ptolemy of Aloros, who has been the regent of Macedon since he arranged the assassination of Perdiccas III's brother Alexander II in 368 BC.
Amyntas and king
Perdiccas III's infant heir was deposed by Amyntas ' third son, Philip II of Macedon, who made himself king and ushered in a period of Macedonian dominance in Greece.
Pamphylia was for a short time included in the dominions of Amyntas, king of Galatia, but after his death lapsed into a district of a Roman province.
The Isaurians were afterwards placed for a time under the rule of Amyntas, king of Galatia ; but it is evident that they continued to retain their predatory habits and virtual independence.
Amyntas II ( Greek: Ἀμύντας Βʹ ) or Amyntas the Little, king of Macedon, was son of Philip or Menelaus, brother of Perdiccas II.
In the year 429 b. c. Amyntas, aided by Sitalces, king of the Odrysian Thracians, stood forward to contest with Perdiccas the throne of Macedonia itself ; but the latter contrived to obtain peace through the mediation of Seuthes, the nephew of the Thracian king ( Thuc.
Bardyllis was not the heir of Sirras, but of the previous Illyrian king who had entered in a peace treaty with Amyntas II over the control of Lyncestia.
He won a decisive battle against Amyntas III, expelled him, and ruled Macedonia through a puppet king.
Marcus Antonius who had to control the roads connecting Pisidia to Pamphylia, charged his allied king Amyntas, King of Pisidia, to fight against Homonadesians, but Amyntas was killed during the struggle.
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