Koinon of Macedonians

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The Koinon of the Macedonians (Greek: Κοινόν Μακεδόνων) was a commonwealth institution or a confederation of all Macedonian communities united around the king, resembling earliest Greek koina. Epigraphic evidence ranges from the 3rd century BC to the Roman period.

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  • Howgego, Christopher; Heuchert, Volker; Burnett, Andrew (2005), Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 102, ISBN 0-19-923784-0 .
  • Walbank, Frank William (1992), The Hellenistic World, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, p. 84, ISBN 0-674-38726-0 .