Bottiaea (Greek: ΒοττιαίαBottiaia) was a geographical region of ancient 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 Macedonians into Bottike (Chalcidice). In Roman times it was replaced by Emathia as a geographical term.
Map of the Kingdom of Macedon with Bottiaea located in the central districts of the kingdom.
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