[1] Also Alexander, Perdiccas, Philip, &c.
MACEDONIAN EMPIRE, the name generally given to the empire founded by
Alexander the Great of Macedon in the countries now represented by
Greece and European Turkey, Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, Persia and
eastwards as far as northern India.[1] The present article contains a
general account of the empire in its various aspects. It falls naturally
into two main divisions:--I. The reign of Alexander. II. The period of
his successors, the "Diadochi" and their dynasties.