The original lands of the Paeonians, who…
489 BCE to 478 BCE
The original lands of the Paeonians, who are probably of mixed Thraco-Illyrian origin, include the whole Axius (Vardar) River valley and the surrounding areas, in what is now northern Greece, Macedonia, and western Bulgaria.
The Paeonians have been weakened by the Persian invasion of 490 BCE, and …