A year after Darius I of Persia () launched an invasion into Europe against the Scythians, Paeonians, Thracians, and several Greek city-states of the Balkans, the Persian general Megabazus used diplomacy to convince AmyntasI to submit as a vassal of the Achaemenid Empire, ushering in the period of Achaemenid Macedonia.; ; . Errington is skeptical that at this point Amyntas I of Macedon offered any submission as a vassal at all, at most a token one. He also mentions how the Macedonian king pursued his own course of action, such as inviting the exiled Athenian tyrant Hippias to take refuge at Anthemous in 506BC. Achaemenid Persian hegemony over Macedonia was briefly interrupted by the Ionian Revolt (499–493BC), yet the Persian general Mardonius brought it back under Achaemenid suzerainty.; ; .
A year after Darius I of Persia () launched an invasion into Europe against the Scythians Paeonians Thracians and several Greek city-states of the Balkans the Persian general Megabazus used diplomacy to convince AmyntasI to submit as a vassal of the Achaemenid Empire ushering in the period of Achaemenid Macedonia; ;  Errington is skeptical that at this point Amyntas I of Macedon offered any submission as a vassal at all at most a token one He also mentions how the Macedonian king pursued his own course of action such as inviting the exiled Athenian tyrant Hippias to take refuge at Anthemous in 506BC Achaemenid Persian hegemony over Macedonia was briefly interrupted by the Ionian Revolt (499–493BC) yet the Persian general Mardonius brought it back under Achaemenid suzerainty; ; 