Typical residents of modern Skopje (FYROM) : two Albanians and a cop. – Ancient Scupi (modern Skopje), initially a Paeonian settlement, was founded in early antiquity near Axios (Vardar). It became the Capital of ancient Dardania, hence it was not part of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. – Dardanians were racially, a totally unrelated people to Ancient Macedonians and belonged […]

The marble statue of medieval Bulgarian Tsar Samuil that was erected Tuesday at the Skopje central square. Photo by BGNES An imposing monument of famed Bulgarian Medieval Tsar Samuil was erected in FYROM’s capital Skopje Tuesday. The 5-meter marble statue was placed at the central Skopje square nearby the recently ereted statue of Alexander the Great. Tsar Samuil (Samuel) ruled the […]

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By Miltiades Elia Bolaris A 2007 article by the Greek political scientist Constantinos Holevas, originally published in Antibaro, a Greek magazine made its re-appearance in the Akritas Macedonian blog recently. http://akritas-history-of-makedonia.blogspot.com/ It is titled “The importance of the name and Byzantine Diplomacy”. Professor Holevas reminded us in this article that the Byzantines never called their state Byzantium. They called themselves […]

From the invenstigation of Byzantine sources, we can conclude: a) The two terms, Μακεδών (noun, Translation: ”a Macedonian”, plural Μακεδόνες ) and Μακεδονικός (adjective – “Macedonian”) do not always have the same significance: they coincide only to the extend that they refer to a geographical concept. b) The term Μακεδoνικός is used exclusively to characterise forces or armies coming from the Byzantine Theme, that […]

A view of the early Christian Basilica recently unearthed at the Sintrivani metro station construction site in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. A large early Christian Basilica (1st to early 4th century AD) and an important late Byzantine period (1204-1430) building were unearthed at a same number of Thessaloniki metro construction sites over the recent period.     Part of […]

Rare Byzantine hagiography frescoe (Photo @ yppo.gr)  Five rare Byzantine hagiography frescoes stolen in 1978 from the Palaiopanagia Church in Steni, Evia, returned to Greece from Basle, Switzerland at dawn Thursday.     The priceless fresco-icons, dating from the 13th and 16th centuries, stolen by Greek antiquities smugglers from the church in August 1978 and illegally sent out of the country […]

Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars Clockwise from right: The battle of Anchialus; Khan Omurtag; The Emperors of Bulgaria and Byzantium negotiate for peace; Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas. Date 680 – 1355 Location Balkan peninsula Result Ottoman Rule of the Balkans Territorial changes Both empires had numerous territorial changes     Commanders Asparukh Krum Boris I Simeon […]

Βυ Tymphaios Historical revisionism in the schoolbooks of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Part 1: The reinvention of ancient Macedonia. Schoolbooks in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia consistently represent Macedonia as encompassing a region that consists of FYROM, the Greek administrative district of Macedonia and parts of other countries. An astonishing fabrication of history teaches schoolchildren that […]

It is no mark of intelligence to be able to prove whatever one pleases. But to be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false – This is the mark and character of intelligence”, Emmanuel Swedenborg (1678-1772)   A few remarks regarding the value and world-wide contribution of the Greek Language   Regardless of […]