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Illustrations

Maps

1 Mainland Greece

Adapted from map 2 in R.M. Errington, A History ofthe Hellenistic World: 32330BC (Wiley-Blackwell 2008), pp. xvi-xvii

2 Regions of Macedonia

Created for C.G. Thomas by Lance Jenott and altered by Jason Shattuck

3 Expansion of Macedonia

Created for C.G. Thomas by Lance Jenott and altered by Jason Shattuck

4 Alexander the Greats Conquests

Taken from W. Heckel and L.A. Tritle, Alexander the Great: A New History (Wiley-Blackwell 2009), pp. xx-xxi

5 Roman Macedonia and the Neighbouring Provinces

Created by J. Vanderspoel

6 Macedonia, Illyria and Epirus

Created for W.S. Greenwalt by Elwood Mills

7 Macedonia and Thessaly

Reproduced with the permission of Yale University Press

8 Macedonia and Thrace

Copyright Z.H. Archibald

9 Macedonia in Late Antiquity

Created by C.S. Snively

10 A map of Macedonia that appeared in the New York Times on February 4, 1993, illustrating the portrayal of the existence of two Macedonias

Figures

Macedonian royal family tree 454336 BC (Roisman)

Drawing of the Lead Curse Tablet from Pella (Christesen and Murray) Reproduced with the permission of Emmanuel Voutiras