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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.
Amyntas had three sons ; the first two, Alexander II and Perdiccas III reigned only briefly.
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.
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.
* On the death of the Macedonian King Amyntas III, his eldest son Alexander II becomes king.
* 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.
Son of Amyntas III and Eurydice, he was underage when Alexander II was killed by Ptolemy of Aloros, who then ruled as regent.
About 393 we find it concluding an important treaty with Amyntas III of Macedon ( the father of Philip II ), and by 382 it had absorbed most of the Greek cities west of the Strymon, and had even got possession of Pella, the chief city in Macedon.
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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.
It seems that Bardyllis opposed the deal with Amyntas II and Sirras and invaded Macedonia in 393 BC.
Finally, after the reign of Menander I, several Indo-Greek rulers, such as Amyntas, King Nicias, Peukolaos, Hermaeus, Hippostratos and Menander II, depicted themselves or their Greek deities forming with the right hand a benediction gesture identical to the Buddhist vitarka mudra ( thumb and index joined together, with other fingers extended ), which in Buddhism signifies the transmission of Buddha's teaching.
Alexander II ( Greek Ἀλέξανδρος Β ΄) was king of Macedon in 371 – 369 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas III.
Of his portrait-statues, the most celebrated were those of Philip, Alexander, Amyntas III, Olympias, and Eurydice I, which were made of ivory and gold, and were placed in the Philippeion a circular building in the Altis at Olympia, erected by Philip II of Macedon in celebration of his victory at Battle of Chaeronea ( 338 BC ).
Several later kings may have been related to Antialcidas: Heliokles II, Amyntas, Diomedes and Hermaeus all struck coins with similar features.

Amyntas and Greek
Amyntas I ( Greek: Ἀμύντας, c. 540 – 498 BC ) was a king of Macedon.
Amyntas IV ( Greek: Ἀμύντας Δ `) was a titular king of Macedonia in 359 BC and member of the Argead dynasty.
Eurydice ( Greek: ) was an ancient Macedonian queen, wife of king Amyntas III of Macedon.
Ten years later king Amyntas III was forced to entrust a portion of his kingdom to the Greek Chalcidians, who refused to relinquish it, and by 382 BC had extended their control westward, including Macedon ’ s capital Pella.
Sparta, the most powerful of the Greek states at that time, intervened and restored Amyntas to his capital in 379 BC, but Macedonia had to accept subservience to Sparta.
Attalus ( in Greek Aτταλoς ; lived 4th century BC ), son of Andromenes the Stymphaean, and one of Alexander's officers, was accused with his brothers, Amyntas and Simmias, of having been engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas, 330 BC, but was acquitted, together with his brothers.

Amyntas and king
* Amyntas, king of Galatia, deserted with 2, 000 cavalry to Octavian.
* 498 BC: Alexander I succeeds his father Amyntas I as king of Macedon
* 498 BC — death of Amyntas I, king of Macedonia
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.
* 498 BC – Amyntas I, king of Macedonia
* 540 BC — Amyntas I becomes king of Macedonia ( approximate date )
Philip was the youngest son of the king Amyntas III and Eurydice I.
* Alexander I succeeds his father Amyntas I as king of Macedonia.
* Amyntas I, king of Macedonia ( b. c. 540 BC )
* Amyntas IV, usurper king of Macedon
* 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.
* Amyntas III, king of Macedonia
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.
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.
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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