Bottiaeans or
Bottiaei (Greek: ) were an ancient people of uncertain origin, living in
Central Macedonia. Sometime, during the
Archaic period, they were expelled by
Macedonians from
Bottiaea to
Bottike. During the
Classical era, they played an active role in the military history of ancient
Chalcidice, but after the Macedonian conquest under
Philip II nothing remained except the names of these two regions and the adjective
Bottiaean, which was limited to sole geographical meaning. Unlike other tribes of Macedonia ruled by kings or living in villages, Bottiaeans developed some
polis form of self-government. Unfortunately, no Bottiaean individual is known to us and the limited historical or archaeological sources shed no further light.