Antigonid Macedonia

State · 277–165 BCE · at its largest around 277 BCE

Macedonian kingdom under the Antigonid dynasty, dominant in Greece until its defeat by Rome at Pydna in 168 BCE.

On its lands while it lasted

Thermos (1,500–189 BCE): Capital of Aetolian League (284 BCE–189 BCE).
Pergamon (801 BCE – 62 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Pontus (281 BCE–62), Kingdom of Pergamon (279 BCE–133 BCE).
Aigai (750 BCE – 100 CE): Capital of Macedonian Empire (675 BCE–292 BCE).
Statue of Zeus at Olympia (c. 435 BCE – c. 425 CE): Giant gold-and-ivory seated statue of Zeus by Phidias in his temple at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; lost in the fifth century CE.
Epicurus (341 BCE – 270 BCE): Philosopher who founded Epicureanism in Athens, teaching that happiness comes from tranquillity, friendship and freedom from fear.
Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310 BCE – 230 BCE): Astronomer who proposed the first known heliocentric model, placing the Sun rather than the Earth at the centre of the known universe.
Winged Victory of Samothrace (c. 190 BCE): Hellenistic marble statue of the goddess Nike alighting on a ship’s prow, found in 1863 at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace; now in the Louvre.
Pergamon Altar (c. 170 BCE): A monumental altar built at Pergamon under King Eumenes II, with a frieze of gods fighting giants; it was reassembled in Berlin's Pergamon Museum.