Bottiaea (Greek: Βοττιαία Bottiaia, modern transliteration: Vottiaia, Vottiea, Votiaia or Votiea) was a region of ancient Macedon. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, who were expelled to Chalcidice to the area around Olynthus from thence by the Ancient Macedonians during the reign of Alexander I of Macedon (Thuc. 2.99).

Geography

Its geography began in the northeastern part of Imathia and all of the area between the Loudias and the Axios Rivers (the today's area of Giannitsa and the area of Gevgelija in FYROM).

Cities

The historic cities of Bottiaea were Aloros, Pella (later capital of Ancient Macedon), Amydon, Atalanti, Gortynia, Idomeni (today's Gevgelija, FYROM), Ischna, Kyrros, etc.

External link

• Ancient coinage from Bottiaea
• Bottiaea (Votiea) on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)

Ancient Macedon | Ancient Greece