First Macedonian royal house, emerged into history under Amyntas [1], ruled the Macedonian coastal plain from Aegae around 510 BC. Amyntas submitted to Darius and was rewarded with territorial expansion and connections to the Achaemenids. His son Alexander [2] remained loyal to Xerxes during the invasion of Greece but established contacts with the Greeks and in the end was on the side of the victors. His claim to be descended from the Temenidae (Argos) was based on legend and false etymology, but was recognized in Olympia. After this the Argeadae were consid…