Nigel Guy wilson , Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece (2006)

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1) “The latest archaeological findings have confirmed that Macedonia took it’s name from a tribe of tall , Greek-speaking people , the Makednoi ...”

2) “The Macedonian kingdom streched more or less as far north as the present northern border of Greece.”

3) “The “vulgar” Macedonians were not unanimously accepted by “refined” southern Greeks , especialy the Atheneans , as brethren ; occasionaly they were classified as “barbarians“.”

4) “Philip II of Macedon was anxius to pacify and unify Greeks at any cost.”

Nigel Guy wilson , Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece (2006)

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