The
Roman province of
Macedonia (, ) was officially established in 146 BC, after the Roman general
Quintus Caecilius Metellus defeated
Andriscus of Macedon, the last self-styled
King of the ancient kingdom of
Macedonia in 148 BC, and after the four client republics (the "
tetrarchy") established by Rome in the region were dissolved. The province incorporated ancient
Macedonia, with the addition of
Epirus,
Thessaly, and parts of
Illyria,
Paeonia and
Thrace. This created a much larger administrative area, to which the name of 'Macedonia' was still applied. The Dardanians, to the north of the Paeonians, were not included, because they had supported the Romans in their conquest of Macedonia.