Archive for September 6th, 2008

crete itanus330bcstar 150x150 Similar depictions of Verginas sun in other Greek coins

Crete-itanus,330bc.star Mendes-star,425 bc naked-orthogoria,350 bc Orchomenos 370bc Rodos 405 BC star Mysia Gambion, 350 BC Metapontum 330 Bc Makedonia- Uranopolis 300BC Opountia Lokris, 382 Bc

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ProtestofGreeksAgainstExarchyinBito 150x150 New Rare Document   Protest of Greeks Against Exarchy in Bitolia 1878

Around the same time as the Greek uprising against the Ottoman Turks in Macedonia, the Turks were signing a peace treaty (Treaty of San Stefano; March 3, 1878) with Russia after the Ottoman Empire lost the Russo-Turkish War. The Treaty of San Stefano forced Turkey to give all of Macedonia to Bulgaria and create 'Great Bulgaria'. ...

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temporarygovernmentofelimia 150x150 Declarations of Union with Greece  Temporary government of Elimia

The following is from page 87 of the book by Konstantinos Douflias:   THE REVOLUTIONARY DECLARATION OF THE TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT OF ELIMIA (WESTERN MACEDONIA) In the county of Elimia in Western Macedonia (present day Kozani; in Macedonia, Greece), another group of Greek Revolutionaries took up arms in 1878 in the town of Bourino around the same time as ...

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