Talk:Former National symbols of the Macedonian Empire (808 BC – 168 BC)

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Main article: National symbols of Macedonia
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Alexander's empire and his route to Ancient India (Pakistan Region).

The Ancient Kingdom of Macedonia (Greek: Μακεδονία) or Macedon was an Ancient Greek kingdom of the Archaic and Classical Greece,[1] and later the most powerful state of Hellenistic Greece.[2] The kingdom was established and was at first ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula,[3] Macedonians too had the symbols that were used to represent the Macedonian people proper and abroad to represent the country and its people.

Banner of Macedonian.

Symbols[edit]

Symbol Image
Coat of arms Imperial Coat of arms of the Macedonian Empire (808 BC – 168 BC)
Coat of Arms of Macedonia
Flag Imperial flag of the Macedonian Empire (808 BC – 168 BC)
State Flag of Macedonia
Flower Former National flower of the Macedonian Empire (808 BC – 168 BC)
Helleborus cyclophyllus
State Flower of Macedonia
Tree Former National tree of the Macedonian Empire (808 BC – 168 BC)
Quercus trojana
State Tree of Macedonia
Bird Former National bird of the Macedonian Empire (808 BC – 168 BC)
Grus virgo
State Bird of Macedonia
Animal Former National animal of the Macedonian Empire (808 BC – 168 BC)
Panthera leo leo
State Animal of Macedonia

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  1. ↑ Hornblower 2008, pp. 55–58.
  2. ↑ Austin 2006, pp. 1–4.
  3. ↑ "Macedonia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2017..
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