Macedonia From the Settlement of the Slavs to the Ottoman Empire

In the course of the 7th century the Slav tribes which had settled in Macedonia were already attempting, through an…

November 4, 2018

Saints Cyril and Methodius

"Preaching without an alphabet and books is like writing upon the water," said Constantine, whom the sources also call Teacher…

January 24, 2019

The Macedonian Epoch of Byzantium (867-1081)

The question of the origin of the founder of the Macedonian dynasty has called forth many contradictory opinions, mainly because…

November 4, 2018

Speech of Alexander the Great

I could not have blamed you for being the first to lose heart if I, your commander, had not shared…

November 4, 2018

Alexander the Great by Plutarch

Alexander was born the sixth of Hecatombaeon, which month the Macedonians call Lous, the same day that the temple of…

November 4, 2018

Alexander The Great

The Hellenes considered Macedonian domination in the Greek states as an alien rule, imported from outside by the members of…

February 14, 2019

Philip II of Macedonia

The Macedonian barbarian defeated the united Greek states at the battle of Chaeronea at the beginning of August 338 BC…

November 4, 2018

Ethnicity of the Ancient Macedonians

What is for certain is that Alexander spoke Macedonian with his own Macedonian troops and used Greek in addressing the…

November 4, 2018

Greek Lies

There is nothing in the ancient literature to suggest that ancient Macedonia was a Greek land. On the contrary, the…

February 27, 2019

Critical Evaluation of Historical Scholarship on Ancient Macedonia

The Macedonians did not have Greek names. Judging by the distinctiveness of the surviving Macedonian names and glosses, many scholars…

November 4, 2018

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