All the documents and information placed here were selected from Professor Neyde Theml's (Ancient History, History Department of UFRJ) PhD thesis entitled "The Macedonian Royalty (VIII-VII centuries BC): a History of the Other” (A Realeza dos Macedônios (VIIIº-VIIº séculos a.C.): uma História do Outro), presented to the Universidade Federal Fluminense on 1993.

Thesis Summary:

This thesis aims to analyse the formation of Macedonian royalty using archaeological and textual documents, understanding it as a process linked to the emergency of a warrior elite of herdsmen/farmers. During the VIII-VII centuries BC, there was a process of social and political changes of local warrior-herdsmen chieftaincies, which became more complex, hierarchical and heterogeneous societies. Thus, the emergency of a heroic/warrior/sacred elite propitiated the social integration, the preservation of ancestral values, creation of a political centre and the primacy of a royal house.

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Organized by Neyde Theml and drawn by José Carlos Bustamante following the model of Hammond (1991: 20)

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