Language

Story

Macedonians had to learn the languages of the conquerors

Modern history

Only 10 percent Greek speaking residents in Ottoman Macedonia

Ancients

James Romm: In 4th century BC, there was no doubt who was who

Ancients

Kenneth W. Harl: Macedonians spoke a language that the Greeks did not understand

Modern history

When the Anatolian Greeks came to Macedonia, they couldn’t speak Greek

Modern history

Karl Hron: Macedonians are a separate tribe – 1890

Story

Greek language was only spoken in Chalkidiki

Ancients

Aleksandar instead of Alexandros in the Babylonian cuneiform tablets

Ancients

Alexander the Great in the Babylonian Astronomical Diaries