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Province, 117 CE

Macedonia

Senatorial province (proconsul)Capital: ThessalonicaRoman since 146 BCE

Once Alexander's homeland, a Roman province since 146 BCE — the oldest Roman foothold in the Greek-speaking world. The Via Egnatia, Rome's great east–west military road, crosses the whole province from the Adriatic to Thrace; Philippi, where Antony and Octavian crushed Caesar's assassins in 42 BCE, still sits on that road.

A Roman province since 146 BCE, the oldest Roman foothold in the Greek-speaking world.

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Sources

  • Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 45
  • Cassius Dio, Roman History 47.35–49

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