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Ancient Macedonians : Their Greek Ethnicity according to Romans

Ancient Macedonians : Their Greek Ethnicity according to Romans

              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. […]

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Ancient Macedonians and their Self-identification

Ancient Macedonians and their Self-identification

  In reality we have only scarce evidence on what the ancient Macedonians believed for themselves. However i will try to collect the available literary and archaeological evidence that would shed some light on the beliefs of the ancient macedonians during Classical and Hellenistic Ages. The available evidence shows that ancient Macedonians considered themselves to be Greek. Alexander I, king of Macedon 1. […]

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Macedonian Archaeology: Ancient Orestis

Από το Ιστολόγιο http://istorikakastorias.blogspot.com/ Μερικά από τα σημαντικότερα ευρήματα της αρχαίας Ορεστίδας, που βρισκόταν στην περιοχή της σημερινής Καστοριάς, από την Εποχή του Σιδήρου έως τη Ρωμαϊκή Εποχή. Τα περισσότερα από τα ευρήματα στεγάζονται στο νέο Αρχαιολογικό μουσείο του Άργους Ορεστικού. Η μουσική είναι αρχαίος ύμνος του Διονύσου. From http://istorikakastorias.blogspot.com/ Some of the most important findings of ancient Orestis, which was […]

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Modern Historians about Macedonia – William Woodthorpe Tarn

William Woodthorpe Tarn – Alexander the Great, Vol. 1 “Through both his parents claimed Greek descend..”                                                   <pp. 1>  “The primary reason why Alexander invaded Persia  was,  no doubt,  that he  never  thought of not  doing it; it was his inheritance.  Doubtless,  too,  adventure attracted him;  and weight must also  be  given  to the official reason. For officially,  as  is  shown  by  the  political  manifesto  which  he  afterwards […]

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FYROM’s Myth #1 “Greeks viewed Macedonians as Barbarians”

FYROM’s Myth #1 “Greeks viewed Macedonians as Barbarians”

Contrary to popular beliefs emanating from FYROM, the ancient Macedonians are not identified as <barbarians> and more importantly, they always distinguish themselves from the <barbarians>.  For example, Alexander I in his famous speech at Plataia (Her. IX.45) differentiates himself from the <barbarians> by stating: “εθέλων υμίν δηλώσαι την διάνοιαν την Μαρδονίου, ίνα μή επιπέσωσι υμίν εξαίφνης οι βάρβαροι[..] ειμί δε Αλέξανδρος ο Μακεδών.” The ancient literary […]

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Ancient Macedonian History – Analysis and Refutation of Jacques Bacid’s “Through the Ages”

Long ago, the so-called “Canadian Macedonian Cultural Lubrary Foundation” published a Jacques Bacid’s Article, entitled “through the Ages” with the aim of justifying the “rights” of the Slavs from FYROM to call themselves as Macedonians. The Greek historian Sarantos Kargakos published in  “Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος” on 30th January of 1997, an excellent analysis and Refutation of Bacid’s claims which in general are […]

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Dr. Frank Holt’s Prologue about Ancient Macedonia

Dr. Frank Holt’s Prologue about Ancient Macedonia

  Dr. Frank Holt’s Prologue The following text, written by Dr. Frank Holt Professor of Ancient History at the University of Houston, will be the prologue of a book published by the Macedonian Studies Center. The book will include the letter by world known archeologists, historians and researchers from various academic institutions in the world to President Barack Obama regarding […]

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Objective Conclusions on Slavic Wikipedia Projects About the Hellenic Character of Ancient Macedonia

Objective Conclusions on Slavic Wikipedia Projects About the Hellenic Character of Ancient Macedonia

It appears that propaganda from FYROM does not reflect even in Wikipedia projects in Slavic languages. Although it is certain that the teams of authors who worked on them were well aware of the so-called “arguments” which are systematically exported from FYROM, on all of Wikipedia Slavic websites objectivity has been placed forward and sustained. ____________________________________ Polish http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starożytna_Macedonia “Starożytni Macedończycy […]

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Alexander the Great gold coins ‘set for display’

Alexander the Great gold coins ‘set for display’

Alexander’s Coins (Photo @ Mlahanas.de) Gold coins featuring the likeness of Alexander the Great are set to go on display for the first time at Bulgaria’s National History Museum in Sofia today (February 18th). The treasure, which was discovered in the village of Rezhantsi in the 1960s, is believed to be around 2,300 years old, the Washington Post reports. At […]

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Ancient Greek Symbols – The Sun of Vergina

Sun of Vergina – A Greek symbol Απο το HistoryofMacedonia7 Youtube Channel

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