by Kalaspia-Shimarata » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:34 pm
by Set the Unbound » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:39 pm
by Trollgaard » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:42 pm
by Augustus Este » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:44 pm
by Set the Unbound » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:46 pm
Augustus Este wrote:They're sort of Bulgarian, the more nationalistic members of their country will deny it though.
by Virabia » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:03 pm
by Conserative Morality » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:07 pm
by Maurepas » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:11 pm
Conserative Morality wrote:Alexander was basically Greek. Slavic influences didn't enter that area until much later. Not sure about modern Macedonia.
by Idaho Conservatives » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:14 pm
by Aglorea » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:15 pm
by Set the Unbound » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:18 pm
Aglorea wrote:There is the modern Macedonian nation and there is the Macedonian nation of Alexander's time. The Macedonia of the past would be closer to a "Greek" culture while the modern is blended by time.
by Soviet Haaregrad » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:19 pm
Kalaspia-Shimarata wrote:Is Macedonia Greek or Yugoslav? It's Greek
Is Alexander the Great Macedonian or Greek,
He's Masso, but technically Greek. Even youtube thinks so!
Anyway, discuss!
by Soviet Haaregrad » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:20 pm
by Wazkyraque » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:24 pm
by Aglorea » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:25 pm
Set the Unbound wrote:Aglorea wrote:There is the modern Macedonian nation and there is the Macedonian nation of Alexander's time. The Macedonia of the past would be closer to a "Greek" culture while the modern is blended by time.
I would have said the reverse, actually. Modern communications and mass media have done a great deal for homogenising cultures.
by Conserative Morality » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:25 pm
Soviet Haaregrad wrote:Romanians aren't even Slavs. I should feed your soul to Uncle Vlad for this heresy.
by New England and The Maritimes » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:30 pm
Soviet Haaregrad wrote:Some people's opinions are based on rational observations, others base theirs on imaginative thinking. The reality-based community ought not to waste it's time refuting delusions.
by Set the Unbound » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:35 pm
by Imperium Nova Roma » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:39 pm
by Xarithis » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:42 pm
Kalaspia-Shimarata wrote:Is Macedonia Greek or Yugoslav?
Imperium Nova Roma wrote:Modern day Macedon is but a sham. Alexander would weep, if the dead could weep.
by Dakini » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:02 pm
by New England and The Maritimes » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:05 pm
Dakini wrote:It is my impression that (the F.Y.R of) Macedonia is pretty much entirely Slavic, while the Greek state Macedonia is pretty much entirely Greek.
Alexander the Great wouldn't have been Slavic at all though, the Slavs didn't arrive in the region until the 6-7th centuries CE.
Soviet Haaregrad wrote:Some people's opinions are based on rational observations, others base theirs on imaginative thinking. The reality-based community ought not to waste it's time refuting delusions.
by Set the Unbound » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:14 pm
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