Ancient Macedonia: The Greek ethnicity of the Ancient Macedonians, according to Roman authors and statesmen.   Quintus Curtius Rufus Παράθεση: Alexander also summoned the delegates of the League of Corinth in order to have himself declared its Hegemon and, when he had obtained their support for his expedition against Persia, he returned to Macedonia (Diod. 17.4.9) The government of Persia had ...

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The Myth of Modern Macedonia: inventing an identity John Melville-Jones Last year I learned that a statue of Alexander the Great was to be erected in Skopje. I knew enough about modern history to be sure that the choice of this subject was not simply, as in some places (for example in Edinburgh), the result of a ...

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Analysis by Rossella Lorenzi Wear patterns on one of the most celebrated mosaics of antiquity have allowed researchers to reconstruct exactly how ancient Romans viewed the artwork. Found during the 1831 excavations in the lava-buried town of Pompeii, the Alexander mosaic (now on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples) is the ...

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By Chiotis The following quote has been used numerous times by propagandists of the FYROM diaspora to prove that a 'Macedonian' ethnicity existed in the region en masse at the turn of last century. Naturally the parrots who mindlessly eat up his misrepresentations regurgitate the exact same quote in different forums: Quote: The Macedonian Villages ...I asked him ...

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  On some reasons why Greek is one of  The World's Major Languages    Brian D. Joseph   In 1987, Croom Helm Publishers of England brought out a book entitled Major Languages of The World’s, edited by Bernard Comrie.[...]The book contains descriptions of 40 languages considered by the editor to be “major languages”. The 40 languages are Swahili, Yoruba, Tagalog, ...

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OLD TESTAMENT   Daniel explaining Navouchodonosor's first dream "This is what you saw king: A statue came and stood in front of you, very big with exceptional splendor and horrific sight. Its head was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thigs of copper, its shins of iron and feet consisted of ...

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From Times Online May 8, 2004 Oliver Stone is turning the deeds of Alexander the Great into a sword and sandals epic. Historian Robin Lane Fox agreed to advise on period detail — just as long as he could lead the cavalry Big movies are notorious for trampling on history; I have just given the year’s biggest movie ...

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Museum of "Macedonia" (sic) Address Kjurciska bb. Location Kale Phone +389 2 3129323; +389 2 3116044 Spoken Languages English Payment forms cash Working hours Tuesday- Saturday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday closed The last weekend of the month free entrance Macedonia’s long and legendary history has been carefully preserved in its museums, the most important of which are in Skopje. The Archaeological ...

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      Australian Macedonian Advisory Council October 29, 2008   Dear Editors,I feel obliged to write to you in order to express my deepest concern for the deliberate manipulation of well-evidenced historical events which is clearly reflected in the article "Most modern Greeks today believe the Ancient Macedonians were Greek" written by Mr. Risto Stefov. The specific article is ...

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Australian Macedonian Advisory Council October 25, 2008 The Awakening "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" they´ve said and no truer words have ever been uttered in the history of man. Greeks have a way of enticing you with their wears, they charm you with their words and wit, they gain your trust with their cunning and, before you know it, ...

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