When Was the Argead/Temenid Dynasty Founded?

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Vasiliki Saripanidi
Université Libre de Bruxelles
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0234-1792
William S. Greenwalt
Santa Clara University
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5467-8780

Without much argument, it has long been generally accepted that the Argead/Temenid Dynasty was founded between 700 and 650 BCE. Our reconsideration of the written evidence, now reinforced by a growing body of material evidence, suggests that this foundation should be down-dated to ca. 575 BCE.

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Macedonian kingdom, Argead/Temenyd dynasty, foundation, textual evidence, funerary remains

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Saripanidi, Vasiliki; Greenwalt, William S. “When Was the Argead/Temenid Dynasty Founded?”. Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies, 2025, vol.VOL 8, pp. 31-46, doi:10.5565/rev/karanos.168.
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