Tag: Ancients

Was the Greek language spoken by ancient Macedonians? Is the Slavic language spoken in modern Greece? Two maps showing the spread of languages in Macedonia and Greece, one from the old "ancient times" and one of the modern times...

In the common "Ancient Macedonia" research, the vast majority of findings and researches are based on so-called "Greek and Roman" sources. Academics and researchers rarely devote themselves to other available sources. But, this "other sources" also left behind important...

Alexander I of Macedon was King of Macedonia from 498 to 454 BC. He was the son of Amyntas I of Macedon. He was the first Macedonian king to take part in the Olympic Games. As he is often...

According to a legend, Plato's disciple Aristotle taught Alexander to think like a Greek but to fight like a "barbarian"

Greek and philhellenic academics tried to push the so called "Pella curse tablet" as a proof, that ordinary Macedonians spoke & wrote Greek.

Greece, Macedonia, and...the King of Yavan!

The brothers Cyril and Methodius are commonly known as the 'Apostles of the Slavs'.

Florus was a Roman historian at the time of the emperors Trajan and Hadrian

When houses in Athens were still made of mud, Bylazora already had a palace, say archaeologists who explored Macedonia's ancient cities. Where is the capital of the independent state of Paeonia, whose inhabitants had a strong culture and left...

"It was actually an unheard scandal. If you look closely, the Macedonians weren't even Greeks and that's exactly how the Greeks and Macedonians saw it" writes German PhD historian and author Frank Westenfelder in an article on mercenary troops...