ALEXANDER THE GREAT

:   Eventhough it is historically prooved the Greeknes of the Macedonians, some slavs with origins arround the city of Scopje (South Yugoslavia, now FYROM), insteed that Macedonians were not greeks but a different nation (!). So, we have to confront their propaganda with arguments based in historical evidence, sourced by the major historians of the antiquity Arrian, Ploutarch etc (ancient literature, ages away from the modern propagandas): It is well known that in the Olympics of antiquity partecipated hellenes only. So, partecipated athlets from Macedonia too, as they did the rest of hellenes. King Alexandros I (498-454 BC) took part in the Olympics, in the game of "stadion" (race) and came to finish line second. King Philippos II (Alexadrer's the great father), was an olympic winner in the game of "ippodromia keliton" (perfect horses racing). Who were n't hellenes according to the scopjian propaganda ? THE OLYMPIC WINNERS ??!! After the victory of Granicus (334 BC) Alexander the Great sent to Athens 300 Persian shields, wich were displayed on the Acropolis with the well known inscription : "Alexander, son of Philippos, and the Greeks, save the Laecedaemonians, from the booty of the barbarians who dwell in Asia" The Greek mercenaries who were captured were sent to Macedonia as slaves, because -as Arrian mentions (Alex.An. A 16,6) "Despite the common decisions of the Greeks, and despite the fact that they were all greeks, they fought against the Greeks and on the side of the barbarians" Numerous Greek mercenaries fought against Alexander on the Persian side, is a sign of the decline of standards wich followed after the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). After the battle of Issus (333 BC) Darius asked to negotiate. Alexander answered with the following words (Arrian B 14,4): "When they invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece, your ancestors harmed us, although we had not harmed them ever before. I, therefore, after becoming the leader of all Greeks and because I wished to punish the Persians, invaded Asia, because it is you who started this harted" Alexander, gave order to inscribe the Greek translation under the persian inscription, and he selected a large group of persians to learn Greek (why not "macedonian"?) (Ploutarch, Alexander 69 A, 47,6). Thousands of Greek inscriptions have been found in Asia, Africa and in Macedonia itself. All are in Greek, wich was the language of the macedonians and all other Greeks. Ploutarch, in his famous work "Parallel Lives" he compared distinguished Greeks and Romans. Alexander is placed among the Greeks and is compared to Julius Caesar. Demetrious the Besieger (Poliorketes) to Mark Antony, Pyrrous king of Epirus to Marius. Alexander as an expression of devotion to Hellenism built temples in Delphi and Delos and rebuilt Plateae. He also sent some Persian booty to the colony of Croton in Italy, because that city had partecipated in the sea battle of Salamis where the Greek fleet defeated the Persian in 480 BC. The destruction of Thebes can be attributed to one of the dark sides of his nature. But, in History of Greece we often come across wars between Greeks : Spartans against Messenians, Argeioi against Spartans, Spartans against Tegheate, Athenians and their allies against Spartans and their allies, Athenians against Meghareis, Athenians against the Melos island, Ionian navy against the Athenian-Spartan navy at Salamis, Corinthians against Meghareis, Aetolians against Focaeis, Boeoteans against Thessalians, Achaeoi and Macedonians against Aetolians etc. The spartan Lyssander destroyed Athens, the Athenians destroyed Melos and the Thebans the city of Plateae ! etc. Aristofanis in his famous "Lyssistrata" said : "We all are sons of the same ancestors and we pray in the same altars in Olympia, Thermopylae, Delphi and in so many other places. While armies of enemy barbarians surround us Hellenes, you destroy men, hellenic cities and brothers..." Alexander the Great, continued his father's (Philippos II) plans and spread the Hellenic Civilization (language, culture, philosophy etc) to all of Asia.The greek was the "lingua franca" (common language) in conquered Asia. After the death of Alexander, the Macedonians did n't found any Empire but a lot of states wich came to be known as "Hellenistic". Who could ignore the greek nationality of the Macedonians are the scopjians only! But they cannot explain in their own (so called macedonian) language the names of the Macedonians such as : Alexandros, Andriskos, Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Archelaos, Architas, Philippos, Aristotelis, Kleitos, Philotas, Hephestion, Olympos, Olympias, Seleukos, Parmenion, Pefkestas, Perdikkas, Dion, Antiochos, Aegae, Ptolemaios, Polemaios, Krateros, Antipatros, Amyntas, Nearchos, Perseus, Antighonos, Paion, Arridaios, Attalus, Kleopatra, Lagos, Nikanor, Meleaghros, Koinos, Kalas, Arpallos, Eumenis, Dimaratos, Stassanor, Lyssimachos, Leonnatos, Laomedon, Kassandros, Assandros etc, probably because they are pure greek!   The Kings of Ancient Macedonia ARGEAD DYNASTY • Karanos • Koinos • Tyrimmas • Perdikkas I • Argaios I • Philip I • Aeropos I • Alketas • Amyntas I • Alexander I • Perdikkas II • Archelaus • Orestes • Aeropos II • Pausanias • Amyntas II the Little • Amyntas III • Argaios II • Alexander II • Ptolemy Alorites • Perdikkas III • Philip II • Alexander III the Great • Philip III Arrhidaios • Alexander IV Aegeos RIVAL KINGS: 309-301 B.C. • Kassander • Antigonos I Monophthalmos • Demetrios I Poliorketes • Lysimachos • Seleukos Soter • Ptolemy Lagos ANTIPATRID DYNASTY • Kassander • Philip IV • Antipater • Alexander V RIVAL RULERS • Demetrius I Poliorketes • Pyrrhos • Lysimachos • Ptolemy Keraunos ANARCHY • Meleager • Antipater Etesias • Sosthenes ANTIGONID DYNASTY • Antigonos II Gonatas • Demetrios II • Antigonos III Doson • Philip V • Perseus " MACEDONIA IS HELLAS "  "ESTIN OUN HELLAS KAI I MAKEDONIA"(Strabo)