Bottiaeans or Bottiaei (Ancient Greek: Βοττιαῖοι) 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. During the late 5th and early 4th century, they issued coinages in two locations, probably at Kalindoia and Spartolos.
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