Bottiaea


Bottiaea was a geographical region of Lower Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Makedones into Bottike. In Roman times it was replaced by Emathia as a geographical term.

Geography

Bottiaea comprised the northeastern part of Imathia and the area between the Loudias and the Axios Rivers in modern Pella (regional unit).

Towns

The historic cities of Bottiaea were Aigae first capital of Macedon, Aloros, Pella, Edessa, Mieza, Atalanta, Gortynia, Kyrros, Skydra, Ichnae and Beroea.