Bottiaea

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Bottiaea was an ancient historical region in northern Greece, later incorporated into the kingdom of Macedon.

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Bottiaea canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek region
historical region
borderedBy Almopia
Anthemous
Eordaea
Mygdonia
Pieria
capital Pella
linked to: Pella, Greece
category Ancient Greek geography
Geography of ancient Macedonia
Historical regions in Greece
country Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
ethnicGroup Bottiaeans
formerPoliticalStatus independent region
historicalEra Archaic period
Classical antiquity
incorporatedInto Kingdom of Macedon
linked to: Macedon
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans

Central Macedonia
Macedonia (region)
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)

northern Greece
linked to: Northern Greece
majorCity Gortynia (Bottiaea)
Ichnae
Pella
linked to: Pella, Greece
mentionedBy Herodotus
Strabo
Thucydides
modernCountry Greece
modernEquivalent Imathia regional unit
parts of Pella regional unit
namedAfter Bottiaeans
partOf Ancient Macedonia
linked to: Macedon

Kingdom of Macedon
linked to: Macedon
politicalIntegration core territory of Macedon
regionType inland plain
religion Ancient Greek religion
strategicImportance control of Axios valley
fertile agricultural land
traversedBy Aliakmon River
linked to: Aliakmonas River

Axios River
Loudias River

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Pella, Greece ancientRegion Bottiaea