Lynkestis

Lynkestis (Greek Λυγκηστίς ), also called Lýnkos ( Λύγκος ), called in ancient times the southern portion of a plateau, now called Bitola / Monastir- level, geographical region of Upper Macedonia, situated between the Lake Prespa and Lake Vegoritida. It is now located on both sides of the border of Greece (Regional District of Florina in the region of Western Macedonia ) and Macedonia ( the southern Pelagonia region).

To the west of the Baba Mountains fitting, bordered Lynkestis there in ancient times to the Illyrian landscape Dassaretia and to the northwest by Deuriopos. In the Northeast, the country reached until about the arc of the Erigon ( Crna Reka ), bordered on the Pelagonia. In the east, the landscape stretching to the mountain Barnous ( Vora ), behind which the country fell to niedermakedonischen Almopia. In the southeast and southwest of the Vegoritida lake and the lake of Kastoria which also obermakedonischen countries Eordaia and Orestis were adjacent.

At the Archaic period the Bitola / Monastir level was settled by the Pelagonen why was known as a synonym for the overall level in the classical period of the concept of space " Pelagonia ". In a period unspecified Macedonians need for a north-south movement of Elimiotis and Orestis taken from the south of the level in owning and living there Pelagonen have submitted or displaced in the north, in the landscapes Deuriopos and in the former Pelagonia north of Erigon. The area occupied by the Macedonians area was known henceforth under the name Lynkestis, in addition to the Elimiotis the original home of those Macedonians was, according to Thucydides, which subsequently expanded eastward into the Gulf located at Thermaic Netherlands. From there establishing itself ends kingdom of Argeaden Lynkestis was, like the other obermakedonischen countries not recognized initially and still kept a long time an archaic tribal structure. Mastered it was of a princely house, which a lineage for complaining from the Bakchiads from Corinth. The princes were in rivalry for the Macedonian royal house, even though the granddaughter of Arrhabaios I., Eurydice, einheiratete it. In the early 4th century BC, the Lynkestis invasions of neighboring tribes of the Illyrians was threatened and was temporarily occupied by them. You may already submitted Perdiccas III. prior to his fateful Illyrerfeldzugs 359 BC, the land of direct royal rule, but not later than, this was done under Philip II This was among other things the city Heraclea Lynkestis build ( in Bitola ). In the army of Alexander the Great Warrior formed from the Lynkestis and Orestis together a battalion of Pezhetairoi.

After the Roman conquest of Macedonia in 168 BC, the lynkestische name disappeared as a geographical term, since the entire Bitola / Monastir- level has been administratively now set up again under the name Pelagonia as one of the four Macedonian regions, BC 146 in the Macedonia province came up.

Famous people

The Princely House:

• Bromeros Prince Arrhabaios I ( 424/423 called BC), "King of the lynkestischen Macedonians " a daughter, married to Sirras Eurydice, married to King Amyntas III.

• Menelaus of Pelagone ( 363/360 BC called )

The Aeropos of the family of General Philip II, was descended probably from lynkestischen Princely House.

It is sometimes also Leonnatos, a companion and bodyguard of Alexander, accepted as a member of lynkestischen royal family, as he is known in the Suda as a relative of the Eurydice.