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Ancient Macedonians were Greeks as they THEMSELVES say
Alexander I, king of Macedon
Speaking to Atheneans
Quote:
Men of Athens… Had I not greatly AT HEART the COMMON welfare of HELLAS I should not have come to tell you; but I AM MYSELF HELLENE(GREEK) by descend, and I would not willingly see Hellas exchange freedom for
slavery.…If you prosper in this war, forget not to do something for my freedom; consider the risk I have run, out of zeal for the HELLENIC CAUSE, to acquaint you with what Mardonius intends, and to save you from being surprised by the barbarians. I am ALEXANDER of MACEDON.‘
Alexander III (the Great)
In his letter to the king of the Persians:
Quote:
Your ancestors invaded MACEDONIA AND THE REST OF HELLAS(GREECE) and did US great harm, though WE had done them no prior injury [...] I have been appointed LEADER OF THE HELLENES [...]
(Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander II,14,4)
ALEXANDER TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF AND MACEDONIANS
BEING GREEK AND FIGHTING FOR GREECE:
Quote:
There are Hellenics troops, to be sure, in Persian service — but how different is their cause from ours ! They will be fighting for pay— and not much of it at that; WE ON THE CONTRARY SHALL FIGHT FOR HELLAS, AND OUR HEARTS WILL BE IN IT. As for our FOREIGN troops —Thracians, Paeonians, Illyrians,Agrianes — they are the best and stoutest soldiers of Europe, and they will find as their opponents the slackest and softest of the tribes of Asia.
Arrian (The Campaigns of Alexander) Alexander talking to the troops before the battle. Book 2-7 Penguin Classics. Page 112.
Reading all these and hundreds of other sources how difficult is for you to understand that ancient Macedonians were Greeks and Macedonia part of Greece and only Greece?
Шо да му пишам, а да биде на културен начин, не од типот "You're gypsies"... ?