Various races have inhabited Macedonia from the dawn of history, and ancient civilizations have flourished on these lands. The chronology of Macedonia from the time of the Argeadai Dynasty which founded a powerful kingdom around 725 BC to its partition between Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia on August 10, 1913, can be summarized as follows:

BC 724-512: The establishment and development phase of the Macedonian Empire.

BC 512-497: The Persian invasion.

BC 479-360: The recovery of the Macedonian Kingdom.

BC 359-336: The Macedonian Kingdom of Philip II.

BC 333-323: The reign of Alexander the Great.

BC 306-168: The reign of the Antigonos Dynasty.

BC 214-205: First Macedonian War.

BC 200-196: Second Macedonian War.

BC 171-168: Third Macedonian War.

BC 149-148: Fourth Macedonian War, resulting in Macedonia becoming a Roman province.

BC 148-AD: Macedonians defend their rights firstly as a Roman province, then as a province administered by the Roman Senate.

AD 178: Invasion of the Goths.

434: Invasion of Huns.

478: Invasion of Ostrogoths.

500: Invasion of Bulgars.

527: Invasion of Slavs.

688: The start of attempts by Justinian II, the Byzantine Emperor, to assimilate the Macedonians.

886: Reign of Basil of Macedon and the beginning of the Macedonian dynasty.

1018-1185: Byzantine reign.

1185-1280: Bulgarian reign.
1346-1371: Serbian reign.

1371-1912: Ottoman Empire reign.

1913: Tri-partition of Macedonia.

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