Ο γνωστός Ιστορικός Ernst Badian πέθανε την 1η Φεβρουαρίου σε ηλικία 85 ετών. Είχε γεννηθεί στην Βιέννη το 1925 και το 1938 μετανάστευσε με την οικογένεια του στις ΗΠΑ. Δίδαξε επί σειρά ετών στο Harvard University, από το οποίο συνταξιοδοτήθηκε το 1998. Ασχολήθηκε με την αρχαία Ελληνική και Ρωμαϊκή Ιστορία, ενώ αποτέλεσε ένα από τα Ιδρυτικά στελέχη των Association of Ancient Historians (1974),  The […]

It is almost impossible for an admirer of the Ancient Macedonian History not to be involved, one way or another, with one of the questions which still remain crucial in our days. Who were the Ancient Macedonians? The aforementioned question has emerged into an object of scholarly research for a really long time. Many eminent scholars discussed the various manifestations of the Macedonian identity mostly […]

(1) A rare collection of sources verifying the Greekness of Ancient Macedonians *  Bury & Meiggs (1985) “A History of Greece”       page 415             “The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock,              as  their traditions and the scanty remains of their   language combine              to testify.”   *  H. Bengston  (1988) “A History of Greece: from the beginnings  to […]

By Chris Philipou The latest propaganda piece authored by “Alexandra Aleksovska” was published on the “American Chronicle” website: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/104453 In the ‘article’ Aleksovska attempted to lambaste Prof. Stephen G. Miller over a letter that he wrote to President Obama. In the letter Prof. Miller outlined several historical innacuracies being perpetuated by The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M) in order […]

* Ernst Badian (1982) “Studies in the history of art Vol 10: Macedonia and Greece in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Times” “We have now become accustomed to regarding MACEDONIANS as northern GREEKS’ and, in extreme cases, to hearing Alexander’s conquests described as in essence GREEK CONQUESTS. The former CERTAINLY became TRUE, in Greek consciousness in the course of the Hellenistic […]