Kingdom of Commagene From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   Կոմմագենէի Թագավորութիւն Kingdom of Commagene   163 BC–AD 72   Map showing Commagene as a tributary kingdom of the Armenian Empire under Tigranes the Great Capital Samosata Language(s) Greek, Persian, Armenian Government Monarchy King  – 163-130 BC Ptolemaeus  – 38-72 AD Antiochus IV Historical era Hellenistic Age  – Established 163 BC  – Disestablished […]

(1) A rare collection of sources verifying the Greekness of Ancient Macedonians *  Bury & Meiggs (1985) “A History of Greece”       page 415             “The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock,              as  their traditions and the scanty remains of their   language combine              to testify.”   *  H. Bengston  (1988) “A History of Greece: from the beginnings  to […]

* Ernst Badian (1982) “Studies in the history of art Vol 10: Macedonia and Greece in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Times” “We have now become accustomed to regarding MACEDONIANS as northern GREEKS’ and, in extreme cases, to hearing Alexander’s conquests described as in essence GREEK CONQUESTS. The former CERTAINLY became TRUE, in Greek consciousness in the course of the Hellenistic […]