Quite humiliating statements for FYROM’s historians were made yesterday by the historian Bozhidar Dimitrov, currently director of the Bulgarian National History Museum. He stated according to Focus, ” It is no use a serious scientist like me to deal with the absurdities of academician Blaze Ristovski. I am sure that no other scientist in the world, serious, less serious or even frivolous, will […]

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 […]

FYROM’s academic historiography has traditionally embraced the extreme nationalist view which characterised Slavomacedonian historians since 40’s. In fact today we can state safely that Stefan Troebst’s description in his “Die bulgarisch-jugoslawische Kontroverse um Makedonien” not only is still applying, but it has became worst during the last years. Troebst had wrote in 1983 : “Historical research in the SR [Socialist Republic of] Macedonia is not a humanist, civilizing end in itself, but is direct […]

*Ulrich Wilcken, “Alexander the Great (The Norton Library) ”, page 89 Alexander undertook as his first duty the liberation of the Greek cities of Asia Minor from the Persian yoke. page 91 Everywhere the liberation from Persian rule was greeted with enthusiasm, and Alexander celebrated as the liberator. page 94 The first point of the Panhellenic program had been quickly achieved: […]

* E Borza (1990) “In The Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon” pg. 80. “There was a PERSISTENT, WELL ATTESTED tradition in antiquity that told of a group of Greeks from Argos-descendants of Temenus, kinsman of Heracles-who came to Macedonia and established their rule over the Makedones, unifying them and providing a royal house.” pg. 84. […]

The immediate goal of the journey <Alexander’s expedition> was to liberate the Greek cities of Asia Minor from Persian rule. The Pan-Hellenic nature of the enterprise was emphasized by the inclusion of Thracian javelin throwers, one thousand Agrianians (whom Alexander particularly valued and kept close to him), fifteen hundred Thessalians and five hundred Cretan archers. The Macedonian troops, the core […]

(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 […]

Warfare in the Ancient World: From the Bronze Age to the Fall of Rome (Praeger Series on the Ancient World) By Stefan G. Chrissanthos

Βυ Tymphaios Historical revisionism in the schoolbooks of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Part 1: The reinvention of ancient Macedonia. Schoolbooks in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia consistently represent Macedonia as encompassing a region that consists of FYROM, the Greek administrative district of Macedonia and parts of other countries. An astonishing fabrication of history teaches schoolchildren that […]

The chronicle of Serres was written by the priest Synadinos who lived in Serres during the first half of 17th century. We know very few things about Papasynadinos. He was born in the village Melenikitsi,10 km northern of Serres,where he settled in 1615. He became priest in 1622 and he started to write his chronicle in 1642,when he sought refuge […]