Archive for October, 2007

tfe no thumb Ptolemaios Glaukiou Macedon

In 163 BC the Macedonian Ptolemaios, son of Glaukias living in Memphis of Ptolemaic Egypt, sends a letter to the ruler of his place because he is getting harrased from the Egyptians of one temple despite the fact that he is...GREEK. Quote: eisebiazonto boulomenoi exspasai me kai agagisai, kathaper kai en tois proteron xronois epexeirisan ousis apostaseos, ...

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tfe no thumb Macedonian Officers who fought for Greek independence in 1821

Officers 1. Aggelos Ioannis from Macedonia. He served as Oplarhigos. 2. Aggelopoulos Demetrios from Naousa, Macedonia 3. Aggelopoulos Konstantinos from Macedonia. 4. Adam Georgios from Kassandra. 5. Adam Hatzi Polychronis from Macedonia. 6. Anastasiou Papadimitris from Kassandreia. He was murdered in 1824. 7. Anastasiou Christos from Thessalonike, Macedonia 8. Antoniou Garoufallos from Cassandra 9. Basileiou Apostolaras from Macedonia. He was a major. 10. Berroios Emmanouel ...

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tfe no thumb World Encyclopaedias about Macedonia   Encyclopaedia of World History 6th Edition 2001

THE BATTLE OF CHAERONEA. Philip annihilated Athens' mercenary force and captured Amphissa. In August, at the Battle of Chaeronea, Philip crushed the allied armies of Thebes and Athens. He garrisoned Thebes but let Athens go free. Philip called the Congress of Corinth, during which all the Greek states, except Sparta, entered a Hellenic League against ...

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georgedeltchev Sources about the Bulgarian rebel Gotse Delchev

Greek newspaper 'Empros' of 27th April 1903 about Delchev and Ilinden.                 The person in the photo is Goce Delchev. Here is what the newspaper of that era writes about his death. Translation: Quote: The assasinated BULGARIAN leader of rebels August of 1903 "BULGARIAN UPRISING IN MACEDONIA " ------------------------------------------------------------------------  "Freedom or Death: The Life of Gotse Delchev" Mercia MacDermot The Journeyman Press, London & West Nyack, 1978 405p And ...

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tfe no thumb Modern Historians about Macedonia   Henri Daniel Rops

"Alexander was Greek, profoundly Greek, product of the greater Greece that he envisaged" "Sacred History" by Henri Daniel-Rops - 1949

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tfe no thumb Ancient Macedonian kings   Perdiccas II of Macedon

The peace of Perdiccas was disturbed for some years by the ambitious designs of his youngest brother, Philip, who aspired to the throne. In the beginning of his reign, mdeed, Perdiccas found himself surrounded by suspicious friends, and open foes. The Thraciaris, and other barbarous nations, looked upon his kingdom with an envious eye; the Persians affected to ...

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tfe no thumb Ancient Macedonian kings   Archelaus of Macedon

By some authorities, Archelaus is branded with the twofold stigma of base birth and sanguinary crime. These charges, however, rest upon slender authority. It is more satisfactorily ascertained that he was a prince of eminent talents, and that the kingdom of Macedonia was more indebted to him than to any of its preceding1 monarchs, for the ...

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tfe no thumb Ancient Macedonian kings   Tyrimmas

Nothing is known concerning the actions of Tyrimmas.  He possessed the crown of Macedonia forty-five years, and then bequeathed it to his son. Bibliography: History of the Macedonians By Edward Farr

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tfe no thumb Ancient Macedonian kings   Coenus (Koinos)

Coenus (koinos) reigned for an equal length of time, during which no events are recorded, and then left his throne to his son. Bibliography: History of the Macedonians By Edward Farr

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tfe no thumb Ancient Macedonian kings   Caranus

Caranos was a native of Argos, and a retaote descendant of Hercules. Such is Justin's account of the origin of the mighty Macedonian monarchy; and though there is an air of romance thrown over it, in the matter of the oracle, yet the main facts seem to be substantially correct. It is confirmed, indeed, by ...

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