While ⎜ghting for a kingdom of this name, Cleitus the Black saved the life of his king from the satrap (sat-rap) Spithridates (spith-rih-DAH-teez) at the Battle of the Granicus; that Hellenistic kingdom of this name conquered the Achaemenid (uh-KEE-meh-nid) Empire aeer defeating Darius III (dah-"RYE"-us "the third") at Issus and Gaugamela (GOW-gah-meh-lah).
A Byzantine district of this name provided the epithet of a ruler who died aeer being dragged through a forest for 16 miles when his belt was caught on a deer's antler. Most of Michael Psellos's Chronographia records the rule of a dynasty with this name, including the reign of co-empresses Zoe and Theodora; that dynasty of this name was founded by Basil I aeer he had Michael III killed, and it ruled for much of the 9th, 10th, and 11th centuries. While ⎜ghting for a kingdom of this name, Cleitus the Black saved the life of his king from the satrap (sat-rap) Spithridates (spith-rih-DAH-teez) at the Battle of the Granicus; that Hellenistic kingdom of this name conquered the Achaemenid (uh-KEE-meh-nid) Empire aeer defeating Darius III (dah-"RYE"-us "the third") at Issus and Gaugamela (GOW-gah-meh-lah). For 10 points, what kingdom was ruled by Philip II and Alexander the Great?
A Byzantine district of this name provided the epithet of a ruler who died aeer being dragged through a forest for 16 miles when his belt was caught on a deer's antler.
Macedonia [accept Macedonian dynasty or Macedon]