FALSE INFO !!! Alexander didn’t burn persopolis because he was drunk he burnt the Persian capital for revenge of he Persians burning Athens 150 years ago .
But was he drunk at the time. That sounds like an epic tale yea I got hammered and the Gods spoke to me. It was after Zues the God of gods himself ordered me to take revenge I decided f... it let's take our 150 year old revenge and burn that ghetto. Lol
My favorite fact is that Alexander was, above all else, a fair king and a good man, he brought only good things to the nations he conquered, saw everyone as equals and respected their culture, treated women with the utmost respect. He truly deserved to be called The Great.
I wish the Greeks did that with the Macedonians today! But they do the opposite! Check the Greek Civil war and the Children Refugees of Macedonian Greece! How Ironic! They claim Alexander and Aristotle and yet, they're government is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE!!!!
snakecharmer2011 You’re spreading misinformation. It’s written in the book of Daniel in the Bible how respectful and gracious Alexander was. Multiple different sources written in his own time confirm how fair and good he was.
@@jimmytwo-times4394 it was recorded that he deeply regretted doing that to Thebes, and henceforth granted any wish, however large, to any Theban who came to him with one. But they did deserve it lol.
J280 Productions Yeah he also idolized Greek War Heros such as Achilles and some believed (including himself) that he was descended from Achilles and Heracles (or Hercules as he is known in the west).
By the agean sea in 334 B.C. he uttery beat the armies of Persia ALEXSANDER THE GREAT HIS NAME STRUCK FEAR IN TO HEARTS OF MEN ALEXSANDER THE GREAT BECAME THE LEGEND 'MONGST MORTAL MEN
"Alexander the immortal king. Ever since I was a boy I idolized this man. I wept at the base of his statue in Rome. At thirty, he was a god with an empire stretching across the known world. What have i done with my five long decades here on earth? So help me, gods!" - Julius Caesar
*Claiming Alexandros was Macedonian and not Greek is like saying that Leonidas was Spartan and not Greek, Pericles was Athenian and not Greek or that Oedipus was Corinthian and not Greek...* Alexandros, whose name has an etymological meaning in both ancient and common modern Greek (Protector of men), was undoubtedly one of the Greatest Greeks.
The only thing I would say is that this is a point made from a modern standpoint where we think of ourselves as coming from a country and not a city in particular like we would say today that we are Greek or French but in Ancient Greece there wasn’t that clear of a unification especially with all the wars between cities happening in the Greek world so it is not a mistake to say that Leonidas was Spartan and Pericles was Athenian more than they were Greek as there is no proof that they considered themselves one people except when it came to comparing themselves to barbarians.
The Spartans didn’t call themselves Greek, you moron. They saw themselves as foreign invaders to the land, which is why they were so paranoid and defensive. Take your dumb ass back to school.
@@cindy11051995 You make a huge mistake!!! Don't you know about the Ancient Olympic Games??? In these games, only greeks could take part. Also, a ancestor of Alexandre had won a hold medal in Olympic games and a lot of other ancestors of Alexandre the Great, and ever if I rember well Alexandre had. These are officially known because of natural proofs in stones (I mean names written in special stones). So they may were different City-State, but they were all greeks, although there were a lot of civil conflicts. But when it was necessary, they were united in order to defemd an enemy's attack as Persian's attack, or the war that greks from all the Greece took part in Troy. And lastly, in Alexandre's war campaign against Persian, they took part greek from everywere except Spartans for some reasons. So, they were all greeks, Philipe the 2nd was greek, Alexandre the Great was greek, MACEDONIA was and is GREEK!!!! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
ALEZANDROY MEANING, ALBANIA ALE ZAN TROY, GREECE MEGALO KATARTITI, INGLES GREAT CONQUEROR, ITALI GRANDE CONCUISTATORE, ALEZANDROY IS WORD OF ALBANIA LANGUAGE.
MAKEDONIA MEANING, ALBANIA DIALECT, MAKE TONIA, MALE TONIA, GREECE VOUNA MAS, BULGARI PLANINA NASH, INGLES MOUNTAINS OUR, MAKEDONIA ANCIENT WAS ALBANIA TRIBE.
And still, you forgot to mentions the most important things that Alexander teach us with hes 3 final wishes on death ! 1. His physicians alone must" carry his coffin. 2. Secondly, he desire that the coffin to be carried to the grave, and on the the path leading to the graveyard be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which he collected in treasury. 3. Third and last wish is that both of hes hands be kept dangling out of coffin. When he was asked why this strange request's he answer: "I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor on this earth can really cure any body. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted. The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the path to the graveyard is to tell People that not even a fraction of gold will come with me. I spent all my life Greed of Power, earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth. About my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world".
I noticed at the end, they included a movie clip where his band dropped to his side and coins hit the floor. I wonder if that part of the movie was a nod to his words?
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts = The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother. She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides". Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great? The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo. Plutarch is very detailed on this subject. He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children. He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69) Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today. (Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia) As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes . And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc... Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great): - "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..." (The third Filipino) By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
Historical facts = Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ? I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek. ( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... ) According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion. According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses. All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian. For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great ! And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome). Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us: - "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. " ( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare ) That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister . The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus". I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus. The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope. Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great. She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time. But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
One of the gratest fact for Alexandre the Great, the well known Greek personality, was his commands for something ehich would happen after his death. Firstly, he said to his nationals that in his funeral, he would be transported by his doctors in order to show that the medicine couldn't save his life (so humans can't prevent the will of god), he said that he wants to be put with his hands facing to the heaven and empty, ehich shows that he doesn't take anything to the other life, and lastly he said that he wants his nationals to through his money and his riches to the air and been scattered to the people to show that money stay in earth. All these 3 commands really happened in his funeral and they are really important as they teach us a lot. Sorry for my bad english. I hope someone knows what I say and he can say that in english better than me. 🇬🇷
@@aleksandargapkovski8055 Are you crazy??? Macedonia was and is greek. As Spartans were Greek, as Athens was greek etc. Slavs came to Europe after 6th century AD.
@@aleksandargapkovski8055 How is that??? Explain me. I tell you that the grandfather of Alexander the Great and Alexander the Great himself have participated in Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, in which only Greeks could take part, and we know that since there is a a statue with their name on it, which means that Macedonians were Greeks, as Spartans were Greeks too. Also, Macedonians spoke Greek, they didn't have a separate language, as Spartans also spoke greek in a different dialect. Aristotle was Alexander's teacher who was also Greek.
But Aleksandar is Macedonian and that's a fact I don't care if he participated in olimpic games he was king of greece and macedonia he could do whatever he wanted
It is very sad reading the comments that people are making based on zero historical facts and purely based on emotion and feeling. Macedon was an ancient city state in Greece. The location of Ancient Macedon is currently in modern day Greece. Alexander the Great was born in the Greek city state of Macedon. The people of Macedon spoke Greek and were culturally Greek, in fact they referred to themselves as Greeks. Alexander the Great was taught by the most well known Greek philosopher Aristotle. He wanted to unite the Greek City states under his rule, which he did. He then wanted to spread the Hellenic (which means Greek) culture to the East, which he did. He spoke Greek, lived in Ancient Greece, the Ancient ruins of Macedon are in Greece today and he famously stated that he wanted to spread the Hellenic culture to the East. The Slavic people have no relevance to his life in anyway. I am not sure how anyone can claim he was anything but Greek. These are the historical facts. Some of the comments on this video are so historical inaccurate its unbelievable and sad. Saying something doesn't make it true. Educate yourselves.
Let me tell you something.. First google it the maps of Macedonia.. First ancient map, then the roman map, Byzantian map then map of the Otoman empire then you have Balkan wars maps the WW1 then WW2 what is common on theese maps? From the Balkans wars Greece trying to take parts of Macedonia and also forced Macedonian to learn Greek, something happend when Bulgarians came so.. i know what is what i dont need somebody to tell me who is who...Like historian i still go to Greece but because i am Macedonian i am not allowed to go in historian laboratory or seminars on Greek territory so for me Greek people are faggots who are afraid of truth Btw I can say i am Macedonian who take History DNK test and I am 60.34 % Ancient Macedonian, 14.97 % Greek, 24.58% Slavic i finish my University i get my Phd in History and Archaeology in Skopje 2016 on 22 years.. So Fuck you Idiot
You want us to get educated with Hellenic propaganda? He was Greek not Hellenic! If you want I can find the date when Hellenic emigrated in Balkan ! So open your mind and read American, British and French information instead of acting like slavs do, like ignorants!
Antonio Mickoski so that Ancient Macedonian part? You're trying to tell us you're Albanian ? Even Skopje is an Albanian city! Or sorry your Slavic republic doesn't allow you to admit that!
*Alexander III of Macedon* (20/21 July 356 BC - 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as *Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas [a.lék.san.dros ho mé.gas], from the Greek ἀλέξω (alexō) "defend" and ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anēr) "man" and means "protector of men"iii[›])*, was a King (Basileus) of the *Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty, an ancient Greek royal house* . Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at the age of twenty. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to Egypt into northwest India and modern-day Pakistan.He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders.
Gentian_ SK well Olympia is a Greek name ..I have never met any Slav or Albanian or Turk or Italian with such name ...Haven’t you heard of Olympic Games? It’s the same name! Only the name of u look at that’s the proof ...
the one thing that really interested me about him is that he conquered such a vast amount of land in such a short amount of time plus his ability ti inspire and respect people so much that people from all walks of life respected him.
If only he had lived another decade, can you imagine it? The the whole world united under one man. Imagine what kind of civilisation such a world would have been produced.
@ravan king Bullshit, Alexander at his 22 years has conquered entire nations and was fighting at the side of the strongest soldiers of that time, he was capable to bring enemy soldier to fight with him and spending their lives on it.
@ravan king he couldn’t conquer India because he wasn’t given the chance to. His men were cowards and they hesitated to take another land because it was hard to rule them all at once
Defeating Greek satraps in battle, are not the same as defeating Alexander the great. Maurya was a great king in India but I doubt he would've been able to sack Alexander's Army/phalanx. They only left India because Alexander's troops were done war mongering. Lol. They were far from pussies like the gentleman said above, they were just tired of marching and fighting, thats all. If he did not respect the wishes of his soldiers, I think you'd be speaking differently of him. He was by far, the most brilliant field General the world has ever seen. He literally had no weaknesses on the battlefield. Militarys still use his tactics, thousands of years later. Lol. He is by far, the baddest mf that ever walked the planet, imo. Maurya was brilliant too, but I highly doubt he could take Alexander head on, in a war and defeat him..
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
“Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.” - Alexander The Great
Alexander through his conquers took the wisdom of the ancient Greece and made it universal. It is thanks to him that Aristotle, Plato etc are so important in the Western World today. Proud to be Greek
I am sitting in my chair for the last 2 hours watching the comment section arguing about if Alexander was Greek or not and if Macedonia was a part of Greece. Please let me answer those questions. Alexander was born in Pella July 356 B.C. He was one of the greatest conqueror of all times due to his military expertise and ideas. He created sarisa , a 6 meter spear, which gave him the advantage of fighting from a distance. One of the reasons why he is Greek is that he managed to enter the Olympics, something that only Greeks were able to do. He house , the House of Argead , was founded by the Argead dynasty , a dynasty from Thessalia. It is said the they moved from Thessalia because because the Dorians, another dynasty, kicked them of their territories. Then they moved norther and settled down to Macedonia creating a big ''clan''. If Fillips the second was not from then why the great orator Isocrates believed that he could bring the Panhellenic Idea to life ? He wouldn't if he wasn't. Which brings us to the conclusion that not only Alexander and his father were Greeks but all of the Macedonians who lived there also. And if some steal don't believe all of that OPEN A BOOK DAMMIT AND STOP PLAYING THE SMART ONE. Thank you .
+Mario J123 The idea to create Greece existed before Alexanders. The Panhellenic Idea ? it was this. It was first sagested after the Persian war and they crated that idea so that they could face every enemy. But they already had the same language, religion and traditions before Fillips united them
+franky dang maybe the idea was there but macedonia was never part of the idea it was seperate and alexander was macedonian, like you greeks need to stop argueing and let macedonians have their name and flag😂 ignorant kid and country😂
Calling Alexander the Great Slavic-Macedonian is like saying that George Washington was Native American. Just because you live on the land now does not mean that you always have.
The people of FYRO"M" claim that they are not Slavs, but they are Macedonians and that Macedonians were not Greeks but a seperate ethnic group. Greatest science fiction movie ever.
@@ppap9818 havent heard of him. Maybe though. But generals whove lost no battles are common. You must do great things like fight against epic odds like Skanderbeg or invade a continent like Napoleon.
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
Just clear some confusion for people who don't know. Alexander the Great was Macedonian and in ancient Macedonia just like Athens and Sparta and Crete, they spoke their respective Greek dialect, followed the Greek gods and had their traditions. Now, in modern time, the people who call their nation Macedonia are slavic tribes that settled around Greece and the real Macedonia(in Greece), between 500 to 900 BC.. They have nothing to do with Alexander the Great or the ancient empire of Macedonia. They are just confused people because when they came in and settled the Greeks in the area taught them about their history and now thousands of years later they think it's theirs.
@@ph9692 so you think when slavs came they didn't mix with Greeks who already lived there? Yes they did and the slav genom take advantage of Greek and nowadays we have there a strange mix of people who are part of Greek, Slavic and ottomans and they call themselves Macedonians, l see nothing wrong with that
@@role6159 im not talking about the people that are mixed im talking about people that got nothing but nothing to do with Greek blood and history and even culture at all...and they are claiming the history that doesnt belong to them..u cant be totally slavic and claim u are the descended of Alexander the great..!!u just cant do that..this claim is in action for the last 20 years now.. .why didnt they claim the name and history before ..??and they claim it now after 4 centuries..u canot even claim something. u have no idea about....when u dont even know the meaning of the word ure claiming....its like me living in the states claiming that im a native Indian American while im from Greece!!
to all the people who say that Alexander The Great was from Fyrom: *HIS WAS NOT* Your language is completely different from Greek ...you are slav , just like Poland , Serbia , Russia etc.
+Dac DT-HD Yep .. deny history all you want you just seem completely fucking deluded because we All know the Macedonians were greek ethnics and not slavs, they used the fucking greek alphabet in their texts to write. Not slavic which came about literally millenia later.
@@hattorihaso2579 Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas), was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon[a]
QUICK NOTES if you don't want to be bored by the video: 10> He had two different color eyes. 9> He had a noble horse that he tamed 8> He named 70 cities after himself (and 1 after his horse) 7> He was tutored by Aristotle for 3 years, who gave him a copy of the Iliad by Homer 6> He had a traditional marriage with Roxane and had children 5> He and his mother may have been in a plot to kill his father 4> "Alexander could cut to the heart of the matter" He cut through "The Gordian Knot" 3> He brought down the Persian Empire and was a heavy drinker 2> He never lost a battle 1> His death was mysterious Not Mentioned: Yes, Greek Culture influenced Western Civilization,... until Jewish Culture spread through the Roman Empire. Ultimately, Modern Western Civilization was more influenced by Jewish Culture than Greek. Our lifestyles and mores are de facto Jewish; our Greek and Roman-ish conventions are de jure, such as Sunday (for the Sun) Monday (for the Moon) etc..
He was poisoned... nobody wanted to follow him in his conquest... the soldiers were too tired, but his ambitions never disappeared. He's still the greatest Greek / Macedonian LEGEND ♡♡
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
One of the most important things to know about Alexander the Great is the Oath of Alexander which he wrote in 324BC. Here he talks about a unified peaceful civilized world where people are measured by the virtue and not their race ethnicity or background. If you haven't seen it I encourage you to look it up. It is so important because even today it gives us so much to which to aspire.
Alexander --> Alexandros (transliterated from the Ancient Greek Αλέξανδρος). A compound word that consists from "Αλέξω" (transliterated as Alexo, meaning "to repel") and "Ανδρος" (transliterated as Andros, from the word Andras meaning "man"). So Alexandros --> the one who repels men. Each and every archeological evidence that contains his name is written in Ancient Greek. Absolutely nothing to do with the Slavic language or any of its dialects. I feel sorry for Skopjans. Since 1912 or so, they have spread an immense propaganda all over the globe, in their desperate effort to usurp the name, and thus the history and identity of Macedonia. It must be extremely painful to hate your own identity and try to steal that of someone else. However, history is not written with lies, such as the ones that are found in their 500+ falsified books with which they have infested the libraries in various Universities (particularly in the US) or in their ridiculous claims that have zero historical, archeological and linguistic evidence. For each and every person who has some degree of intelligence, has the ability to do some research and come up with an answer. It must be really hard to be born and grow up in a country that has lied to you extensively to such a degree that you are literally incapable of seeing the truth, i.e. the abundance of serious, academic research, true to the spirit of knowledge that has been conducted regarding Macedonia and Alexander the Great. I think it's like those poor guys that live in North Korea that have been brain washed to such an extent that a different reality is simply unfathomable. Only after they manage to escape their slavery do they realize the nature of their nightmare. As for the Greeks, modern or ancient ones.. Greeks were never racists, so our reaction has nothing to do with extreme right-wing political notions. Nor do we keep the light of the western civilization solely for us. It was, is, and forever will be free for all people who have eyes to see what it's all about. You are free to do so as well.
Its good you are no racist but you dont have 100% sure its today Greece is the same Greece like 2500 years ago.Is almost impossible.Greece not exist in european map 2000 years,they are occupated by roman empire,byzantium and turkish.They blood was mixed.After 2000 years occupated they took history of ancient hellada (hellada is greece who exist in this teritory 2000 years ago) and all world say :yes this is nowa days Greece.But tidays Greece mayby is not ancient Greece like todays Macedonia its not ancient Macedonia and ancient Persia its not todays Iran.
@@sabinarybczynska228 things change facts don't, ancient Macedonians were a Greek speaking, Greek writing, Greek God worshipping Greek tribe. Races all countries get mixed over the years, but at least in Greece we still speak Greek.
You forgot the fact that he lead his calvary charges at the front of the wedge being the first one to crash into the enemy. I think that deserves a spot.
I think it's one of the most interesting and heartwarming stories about Alexander. He saw Hephaestion as more than his best friend, but like a part of himself. Also, the fact that Hephaestion's funeral is estimated to £1.5 bilions in comparison to modern time currency is pretty fascinating
When you fight war after war together and exchange and asj opinions on everything you become like the best of friends. People who went to war may understand.
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
The actress who played her isn't technically black either. Also, there are tons of dark-skinned Persians, so just because they didn't have an actress with white skin playing an ancient Persian princess doesn't mean it's impossible that she actually did have darker skin.
My both parents were born in Ohrid Town, they are of Slavic descent! My father always tought me, as did my Grandfather who was a history professor, that Alexander was a Hellenic (Greek) King, son of Philip (the one eyed)! We,Serbs from former Yugoslav republic Macedonia, have never claimed that Alexander was of Slavic descent! Slavic people came to the Balkans in 6th century AD !
@@pashapasovski5860 Seems to me that you lost all roots and don't even know where you belong now, but ok whatever floats your boat man if you wanna be a slav be a slav just don't speak for all of my people. G'day.
The name of the horse is not a random weird name ΒΟΥΚΕΦΑΛΑΣ means cattle head, VuKefalas. We still use the word vous, for cows and cattle. Kefali is the head in Greek. So Alexander named his horse CowHead. It means they had humour, they were normal humans and apparently the horse was stubborn as a mule. To a Slav like the people in Skopje, or to an Albanian, those names have no meaning, as for the English speakers and in general the non Greek speakers. But ask any professor who teach Greek and will tell you the meaning of the name. Here is the etymology en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus Everything about Macedonian is Greek, even the name of their animals! How can you people dispute those simple basic knowledge just to make happy the Albanian Slavs in Skopje? Why Alexander didnt give a Slavic name like Igor, Slavo, Vladimir, Boris, etc? Why he named his horse in Greek? Simple logical questions. Its like the President of the USA to name his dog Yokohama, or Shinichi, japanese names. This is the cultural difference between the slavs and the Greeks. We dont understand each other at all, except few words like mama, papa. Please everyone respect history, treat it as science please.
@Giannis Stathakis a inveja para seu povo sempre foi grande.Alemaens ln galeses russos que outr os varvaros ainda prospathoun na amavrosoun tin Elliniki isto ria. Min tous afinete
For those interested, a list of some notable history books by credible Historians, that will help you contemplate upon the Greek legacy of Macedonia; “Alexander the Great. Man and God”, Pearson, Harlow 2004, by Ian Worthington. “The Miracle that was Macedonia” by N. G. L. Hammond. “By the spear. Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the rise and fall of the Macedonian empire”, Oxford University Press by Ian Worthington. “The Rise of the Greeks” by Michael Grant. “Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography” by Peter Green. Truly masterpieces.
I love that you used clips from the Black Stallion in here; I saw that film when I was nine and I never forgot the story of Bucephalus. Sad there was no mention of Hephaestion, though.
Armenian metal Alexandros had one blue and one brown eye .. (iris heteroctomia ) so because of that many people in his time believe that he he has smthng Godlike
Alexander's horse was named Βουκεφάλας in greek . That in English translates to ox-head / horse-body because he had a strange mark like an ox on his neck . I am from Greece and I am very proud of my country's history !!!
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
well that id uncertain since he looked short on his horse but he was stated tp actually be about as tall as darius the third if they stanf side by side
No mention of one of Alexander the Great's favourite books Cyropaedia? Cyropaedia is a biography of Cyrus the Great of Persia written by Xenophon a highly respected Athenian soldier and historian, who was also a student of Socrates. Actually do a list of top 10 leaders influenced by Cyropaedia. It would include Alexander, Caesar, Scipio, etc.
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
One of the best Heroes of Hellas! Respect!He made known the hellenic language and culture across asia! so much thankful to him, he made Hellas great and punished the invaders persians that had attacked his homeland before. I heard of some yugoslavs claimed to be his descendants... Some slavs, Their propaganda has succeeded. They made the whole world call their country 'Macedonia', some slavs. They don't even know what name macedonia means. and it's actually Makedonia(ancient hellenic word) as all makedonian names,Alexander, for example, or Philipus ect. They were a tribe from Argus(south Greece) that migrated to north greece and makedonian means 'tall man'. I don't need anyone to tell me that Makedonians were Hellenes, I know History and history tells me that they were Greeks. People from Sparta were called Spartans, people of Athens Athenians, people of Korinthos Korinthians and people of Makedonia were called Makedons. All of them were speaking the Hellenic language, believing in the Greek Gods, And had hellenic consciousness. I think I don't have to mention something else. Just don't call Fyrom macedonia. They steal greek history. Bye bye!
He was an amazing General and his tactics are still used today. Unfortunately, I don't believe he died from any of the reasons stated in this video. I heard he died from asbestosis. He had a coat made out of it and used to throw in the fire in front of his troops and they were amazed how it didn't burn. They only had it in very few history books but just my opinion on his untimely young death.
It's so funny seeing Albanians and Slavs from Vardarska, FYROM (or whatever that country is called nowadays) trying to appropriate Greek History each for their own 😂😂😂 Keep entertaining us guys. Best comedy show i've seen in a while.
@Arian Jangali Read history before arguing. TOdays macedonians are slavs and have nothing to do with alexander the great , todays country of northmacedonia was established in 1945
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there .....
psteeg Alexander told me to tell you to kick John's ass.He been talking shit about Phil!Render a blow to his eye and knock him out.I checked,Your favorite family member will give you money upon completion.Trump is behind you lad!Do it so the universe will achieve balance!Every one will bow before you.The nobel peace prize is with in your grasp!
@@herrwegner7860 Well maybe because he UNITED it and destroyed those who were against it, defeated the Persians and spread the Hellenic culture with his empire across the world starting what we know as the Hellenistic period. Try to tell me he wasn't Hellenic now
@@apostolis07 'destroyed those who were against it and defeated Persians' first mistake, the Persians won that war. he died while the Persians were in open rebellion, that's what makes the Persians the victors. Being against a terrorist genocidal culture is a good thing. greek antiquity culture no longer exists because the Persians thankfully annihilated it.
@@Оливера-к6б Alexander what language u talk ? Alexander: Hellenic Me:Do u want to wait two priestd Kyrilos n Methodios to speak Slavics? A:How i must wait? Me:About 1100 yeard A:Are u serious?i must go to conquer Persians speak Hellenics
Alexander the Great started his campaign in Corinth with the unification of all GREEK countries/states except Sparta,his plan was to free the GREEK cities who were under Barbaric kingdoms. in Ancient Greece "barbarian" used to be a name for someone who didn't speak Greek like the Skopjians nowadays
+lildecable the Macedonians you think have nothing in common with ancient Macedonians and if you don't agree show me proof stop saying random things that don't make sense
@@missl_me2241 Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local Pakistani farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever. Check the facts.
@@davidadem1390 Learn english gypsy xD and the real macedonia is here in Greece fyrom is just a bulgarian state with fake history everyone accepts that bastardonski xD
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
@@liamo7759 Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
athanos lee yeah. He was hia best friend. I bet they didn't mention him since modern people only tend to sexualize friendships between men, even when there is absolutely no proof of anything like that.
Moments like this make me feel so proud for being greek. Bad the fact that people think that "Macedonia" is Yugoslavia and not a part of Greece makes me sad. I don't think they have the right to call their country or whatever "Macedonia" and I'm really angry bc Greece didn't do anything about it. Just because they don't have a history, doesn't mean that they can steal the history from another country. It's unfair.
In the battake of Hydaspas vs Porus, Alexander's famous Horse regiment got devastated and his own horse was killed. His army was terrified af by the elephants. He then signed a treaty with King Porus and Alexander himself returned to other way to invade eastwards which went through River Indus. But Mauryan army gave him beating of a lifetime and he then abscond the situation. He then died in Babylonia while returning.
@Cop Anders You only knows the dreams from TH-cam videos that were sold to you. Hence why you wont read, have not read on and so cant say anything on this topic. As your lazy and get your information from videos. History is written by the victor, but the fact remains. In modern day Pakistan, that's were his last battles was, that's who killed his horse which he had with from the beginning as a kid, and they hit Alessandra HIMSELF with an arrow, the first and only time he was struck. After this battle which he won, he went home, scared of the bigger Indian armies ahead. And this injury of the arrow was mostly likely the cause of his death. The part of Pakistan were he had the last battle, this a warrior cast of farmers and are called 'Raja'. Known as Kings and nobles whilst being a warrior people. I know this because I am from exactly there and my family have been there for thousands of years, and his horse I know exactly were it is buried.
@Cop Anders Learn to write and read a book. You can start with these facts below: - The impact of Muslim scientists on Leonardo DeVenci in general can be seen both implicitly and explicitly throughout his notebooks. His studies into Geometric Proportions were evidently informed by Thabit ibn Qurra, his work on Optics by Ibn Al Haytham (Alhazen) and his work on Mathematics by Al Kindi. - 500 years before Galileo, Muslim scholars accepted that the Earth was a round sphere. - Not only did Muslims preserve and translate ancient classical texts that inspired Renaissance thinkers, but they also invented the Scientific Method and Modern University system, which led to the Scientific Revolution, and pioneered medical and agricultural techniques that improved the quality of life of Europeans. - Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe were numerous, affecting such varied areas as art, architecture, medicine, agriculture, music, language, education, law, and technology. - Also Aristotle, spent some twenty years studying in Egypt. Things invented by Arabs and Indian Muslims: - Hospitals - Surgery - University - Modern Chemistry - The scientific method - The number 0 - Algorithm - Algebra - The first flying Machine - The first Camera - The game of chess - Ink - The fountain pen - The mirror - Optic glasses - Soap Architecture: So called Italian and Greek architecture such as The Parthenon, Temple of Hephaestus, Temple of Aphaia, St. Peter's Basilica was actually first seen in Syria and Iraq, were you can still see the originals that were copied by Greeks and Roman still standing in Iraq and Syria today. - Read this book: Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe to see the facts But you wont check these facts because you don't like to read and you want to think 'white is better', but they are just good theifs and liers, stealing it all from Arabs and Indians.
Alexandre the Great was greek. And he died because of the huge amount of wine he drunk in a celebration, as he was small and he drunk a lot of wine which wasn't mixed with water as it was a competition in which they tried to drunk huge bottles (don't know the english word for kratiras) of wine. Also, a fever was arround him the last days which may influence his health.
Some of us Indians are overrating Porus. First of all, Alexander won the battle of hydaspes, he just let Porus keep India because of his bravery. Next: Alexander conquered much more land then Porus ever did. He conquered Egypt, Mesopotamia, Afganistan, India and more. He Defeated PERSIA before he was even 30 years old. The persians are no joke, it took about 7,000 Greek soldiers to defeat them plus they were extremely large because they would always replace their dead with a new one, so defeating them in your late 20s is no small feat. Now name anything Porus conquered that could stand a candle to the persians. Coming from an Indian.
Alexandra had tight fight with porus because they had elephants which crushed them easily but still Alexandra won the war in little margin. His army feared of next kingdoms which had more numbers of elephants in there army and also his army was tired long journey of continuous war they returned
At last you should have written 'Coming from an asshole who can even sell his mom for some youtube likes ' You said Alexander conquered India .You idiot, he just conquered a small territory of India which is a territory of Pakistan and Afghanistan today .Isreal conquered some land of Egypt but this doesn't mean Isreal conquered whole Egypt. Porous was the king of a small territory while kingdom of Magadha was much much bigger and stronger compared to Porus' kingom .Just answer me 1 thing ,If Alexander won easily against porous, why did he ran away like a coward? Why didn't he think of conquering more important cities with lot of treasures like Surat etc which are much closer to Sindh in Pakistan ?
Remember, Kingdom of Magadha or Nanda's empire was far more stronger than Porus and had large number of elephants. Don't speak what people of west feed you .People of west even claim Alexander won whole India and Pours was king of whole India just like you .I think you have accepted these westerners as your father😂
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there .....
Historical facts = The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother. She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides". Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great? The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo. Plutarch is very detailed on this subject. He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children. He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69) Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today. (Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia) As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes . And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc... Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great): - "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..." (The third Filipino) By Demosthenes (384-322 BC).
Historical facts = Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ? I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek. ( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... ) According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion. According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses. All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian. For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great ! And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome). Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us: - "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. " ( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare ) That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister . The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus". I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus. The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope. Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great. She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time. But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!.
@Arian Jangali He was not a bad human being. He had far more ethics than the kings of his time. While kings were looting cities and raping women of the cities they conquered, he condemned prostitution and the sexual assault of women during wars. He gave high positions in his empire to deserving women. He condemned corruption and tomb looting. He respected other cultures. He adapted the cultures of the places he was staying in. He stripped himself of money and used it all for his people. Yes, he had his flaws, but Alexander was indeed great. He was far better than most of the kings during his time, in terms of ethics.
These comments man lol from an Asian standpoint he was born in a city state from Greece called Macedon so he is Greek. What country or nationality is claiming that he is not Greek? anyone?
Macedonians, which are not Greek ethnically anymore. Macedon back in the day took part in the Olympic games, a right reserved for Greeks. We need no more proof.
He couldnt swim, almost drowned on 2 occasions and should have died 9 times prior to that. Qonquers the world at a very young age and then dies no matter how short his life was he accomplished more then anyone else have ever done in his short life time. He inspired Roman Generals like Caesar and every emperor after Augustus, worshiped as a god and his diadochis fought for his body for years, what a legend. He is just one of many that Greece has prodouced in the past, they should be proud.
Robert b b Ancient Macedonia was a Hellenic kingdom, such as Epirus or Cyrene (and technically Sparta, with two kings ruling simultaneously). Alexander (and the Macedonians) spoke Greek (a Doric dialect of Greek), wrote in Greek, worshipped the same pantheon of Gods and self identified as Greek. Because Macedon(ia) was a kingdom, it was treated as a lesser state by the city states to its south (Macedon was more of Homeric kingdom, since abandoned by the southern city states), but the founders originated from Argos in the Peloponnese. The key thing here is to not confuse Ancient Macedonia with the modern Republic of Macedonia. The Republic of Macedonia is a modern Slavic state, which has adopted the name from the region of Macedonia (with the first Slavic reference to this in the early 20th century); it is also north of Ancient Macedonia, lying within the Paeonian and Illyrian regions of the Ancient Balkans. The northern Greek region of Macedonia corresponds approximately to the Ancient Kingdom of Macedonia.
Most people that claim macedonia is not Greek dont realise that back then greece was divided into small city states (you could consider them Kingdoms) simillar to the german states such as bavaria prussia etc. Saying macedonia isnt a part of greece is like saying bavaria isnt a part of germany.
Yes, he was a macedonian. There is no doubt. But Greek-Macedonian. Like every Texan, Californian is an American, so every Macedonian is Greek. The country called in modern days "Macedonia" is a country bunch of bulgarian-spreaking slavs and with 30% albanians at its population.
Tommy Wagner Macedonians were Greek spekers, they were Doric Greeks they spoke Doric Greek. Its written in stone in their ancient capital of Pella. That's why Alexander the first stated *_"I (Alexander l) am by ancient descent...GREEK"_*, and that's why Alexander the Great referred to himself as *_"I (Alexander) the Hellene"_* In fact the Macedonians drove the Illyrians out of northern Greece and back into Yugoslavia'
Luke Duke Haris Manou HOW??HOW THE ACTUAL FUCK???SLAVS CAME 2000 YEARS AFTER HE DIED!!!HOW IS HE A SLAV?JESUS CHRIST I WANT TO SHOOT MYSELF TO DIE AND STOP READING IDIOT COMMENTS LIKE YOURS!!!!!!
Luke Duke MACEDONIA Herodotus (p18..hr57) Εστου ΕΛΛΑΣ εστου ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΊΑ Macedonia is greek Alexander the great in Corinth conference 373bc "By the unification of the hellen states we will be able to concurre persia" The letter of Alexander to the king of persia darius "U did great harm to my ancestors the greeks it is the time to take revenge for all the harm u have caused"(Hirudotus...p23) There are hundreds more messages I can sow u that starts whith Alexander saying me the hellen DO U STILL U ARE MACEDONIAN U ARE A BULGARIAR
Fun fact: Alexander was once judging a male's dance competition. When the winner walked across the stage in front of the entire audience to sit with Alexander, the audience actually began to shout KISS! KISS!! KISS!!!, Because the winner was very hot, so they did kiss in front of the audience, and Alexander invited back to his palace.
You got everything right except the claim that Alexander invited him back, and that he was the judge. He wasn’t the judge- he just happened to be there, and he didn’t invite him back. Also, the Macedonians weren’t shipping them- Alexander was the Persian king, and it was an honour to be kissed by the king for the Persians. Again, it was not that the dancer was hot, but because he was popular among the Macedonians that they cheered and egged him to kiss him. Nice retelling though, lol, I enjoyed the narration.
There are a lot of people arguing over weather Macedonia was Greek or not: The Greek city states like Sparta, Athens, Korith, Argos ect all viewed Macedonia as semi-barbarian and less civilised than the Greeks in the south and in the Peloponnesus. This is due to the fact that Macedonians had some different customs and that their nation was comprised of woodland and mountains which made them seem more mysterious. However the Macedonians worshiped Greek Gods, had Greek names, ate Greek Food and practiced Greek architecture.
His army was outnumbered between 5 to 1 to 6 to 1 , Darius had 250-300k soldiers and he had 45k soldiers. He won the 3rd war against Darius because of his genius tactics and because he almost killed darius and had Darius fleeing...when the persians saw that their king was fleeing, part of their army fled and the other had no coordination. Kings were the ones coordinating armies and trumpeters would carry over the orders. With no coordination the rest of the persians were toast. About 50-150'000 persians died while in Alexander's army, only 1'000 men died
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies were ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
@@macedonianalexander7663 macedonia has no history you came to your land in 700 after jesus birth and alexander the great died 1000 years before that read books
@@nikston2079 hahahahahahaahahhaha you have 100 years of history and no knowlegends call us gayeeks or whatever we hve 10.000 years of the greatest history on earth and you ( leonidas alexander the great philipps aristotelis sokratis) and thousands more and what did you have? Umm noone hahaha
FALSE INFO !!! Alexander didn’t burn persopolis because he was drunk he burnt the Persian capital for revenge of he Persians burning Athens 150 years ago .
Yeah man heres someone who really knows history 👍
AT THE WAREHOUSE You are correct! 👍👍
But was he drunk at the time. That sounds like an epic tale yea I got hammered and the Gods spoke to me. It was after Zues the God of gods himself ordered me to take revenge I decided f... it let's take our 150 year old revenge and burn that ghetto. Lol
AT THE WAREHOUSE Yes Xerxes did burn Athens but nobody was at Athens at that time nobody died but Alexander slaughtered people
i didnt ask tho
Alexander was the Philospher King. He led militarily but also understood how to really build an empire that would follow him, even those conquered.
Lord was he a Parseltongue?
of course that why it collapsed into civil war after his death
Alexander was the Phoenix king of real life
Some people get that reference
Lord Voldemort nope dude he built an empire of terror slaughtering Who opposed him
My favrote lesson so far you can tell spelling was not my favorite
My favorite fact is that Alexander was, above all else, a fair king and a good man, he brought only good things to the nations he conquered, saw everyone as equals and respected their culture, treated women with the utmost respect. He truly deserved to be called The Great.
I wish the Greeks did that with the Macedonians today! But they do the opposite! Check the Greek Civil war and the Children Refugees of Macedonian Greece! How Ironic! They claim Alexander and Aristotle and yet, they're government is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE!!!!
snakecharmer2011 You’re spreading misinformation. It’s written in the book of Daniel in the Bible how respectful and gracious Alexander was. Multiple different sources written in his own time confirm how fair and good he was.
A good man would burn peoples’ homes to the ground?
@@andypham6335 talking about Persepolis?
@@jimmytwo-times4394 it was recorded that he deeply regretted doing that to Thebes, and henceforth granted any wish, however large, to any Theban who came to him with one. But they did deserve it lol.
11. ALEXANDER THE GREAT loved Homer's Illiad so much that he actually slept next to it.
Really?
J280 Productions Yeah he also idolized Greek War Heros such as Achilles and some believed (including himself) that he was descended from Achilles and Heracles (or Hercules as he is known in the west).
spicy ahh ok thank you I never knew this information.
@@ah925 And then a random Slav will write that Alexander the Great wasn't Greek but Slav!
He slept with a copy under his pillow
Near to the east
In a part of ancient Greece
In an ancient land called Macedonia
Was born a son
To Philip of Macedon
The legend his name was Alexander
Up the iron, brother
At the age of 19
He became the Macedon king
And he swore to free all of Asia Minor!
By the agean sea in 334 B.C. he uttery beat the armies of Persia
ALEXSANDER THE GREAT HIS NAME STRUCK FEAR IN TO HEARTS OF MEN
ALEXSANDER THE GREAT BECAME THE LEGEND 'MONGST MORTAL MEN
Wait what song is that?
@@shizukajoestar614 Alexander the great by iron maiden
"Alexander the immortal king. Ever since I was a boy I idolized this man. I wept at the base of his statue in Rome. At thirty, he was a god with an empire stretching across the known world. What have i done with my five long decades here on earth? So help me, gods!"
- Julius Caesar
Damn. This channel gives me more facts than my school
agree!
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*Claiming Alexandros was Macedonian and not Greek is like saying that Leonidas was Spartan and not Greek, Pericles was Athenian and not Greek or that Oedipus was Corinthian and not Greek...*
Alexandros, whose name has an etymological meaning in both ancient and common modern Greek (Protector of men), was undoubtedly one of the Greatest Greeks.
The only thing I would say is that this is a point made from a modern standpoint where we think of ourselves as coming from a country and not a city in particular like we would say today that we are Greek or French but in Ancient Greece there wasn’t that clear of a unification especially with all the wars between cities happening in the Greek world so it is not a mistake to say that Leonidas was Spartan and Pericles was Athenian more than they were Greek as there is no proof that they considered themselves one people except when it came to comparing themselves to barbarians.
The Spartans didn’t call themselves Greek, you moron. They saw themselves as foreign invaders to the land, which is why they were so paranoid and defensive.
Take your dumb ass back to school.
@@cindy11051995 You make a huge mistake!!! Don't you know about the Ancient Olympic Games??? In these games, only greeks could take part. Also, a ancestor of Alexandre had won a hold medal in Olympic games and a lot of other ancestors of Alexandre the Great, and ever if I rember well Alexandre had. These are officially known because of natural proofs in stones (I mean names written in special stones). So they may were different City-State, but they were all greeks, although there were a lot of civil conflicts. But when it was necessary, they were united in order to defemd an enemy's attack as Persian's attack, or the war that greks from all the Greece took part in Troy. And lastly, in Alexandre's war campaign against Persian, they took part greek from everywere except Spartans for some reasons. So, they were all greeks, Philipe the 2nd was greek, Alexandre the Great was greek, MACEDONIA was and is GREEK!!!! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
ALEZANDROY MEANING, ALBANIA ALE ZAN TROY,
GREECE MEGALO KATARTITI, INGLES GREAT CONQUEROR, ITALI GRANDE CONCUISTATORE, ALEZANDROY IS WORD OF ALBANIA LANGUAGE.
MAKEDONIA MEANING, ALBANIA DIALECT, MAKE TONIA, MALE TONIA,
GREECE VOUNA MAS, BULGARI PLANINA NASH, INGLES MOUNTAINS OUR,
MAKEDONIA ANCIENT WAS ALBANIA TRIBE.
And still, you forgot to mentions the most important things that Alexander teach us with hes 3 final wishes on death !
1. His physicians alone must" carry his coffin.
2. Secondly, he desire that the coffin to be carried to the grave, and on the the path leading to the graveyard be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which he collected in treasury.
3. Third and last wish is that both of hes hands be kept dangling out of coffin.
When he was asked why this strange request's he answer:
"I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor on this earth can really cure any body. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted.
The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the path to the graveyard is to tell People that not even a fraction of gold will come with me. I spent all my life Greed of Power, earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth.
About my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world".
I noticed at the end, they included a movie clip where his band dropped to his side and coins hit the floor. I wonder if that part of the movie was a nod to his words?
wow thank you so much
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts
=
The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great):
- "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they
don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..."
(The third Filipino)
By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
Historical facts =
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
One of the gratest fact for Alexandre the Great, the well known Greek personality, was his commands for something ehich would happen after his death. Firstly, he said to his nationals that in his funeral, he would be transported by his doctors in order to show that the medicine couldn't save his life (so humans can't prevent the will of god), he said that he wants to be put with his hands facing to the heaven and empty, ehich shows that he doesn't take anything to the other life, and lastly he said that he wants his nationals to through his money and his riches to the air and been scattered to the people to show that money stay in earth. All these 3 commands really happened in his funeral and they are really important as they teach us a lot. Sorry for my bad english. I hope someone knows what I say and he can say that in english better than me. 🇬🇷
He is macedonian his father was from macedonia and stop saying that he is greek
@@aleksandargapkovski8055 Are you crazy??? Macedonia was and is greek. As Spartans were Greek, as Athens was greek etc. Slavs came to Europe after 6th century AD.
You have wrong history books🤦
@@aleksandargapkovski8055 How is that??? Explain me. I tell you that the grandfather of Alexander the Great and Alexander the Great himself have participated in Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, in which only Greeks could take part, and we know that since there is a a statue with their name on it, which means that Macedonians were Greeks, as Spartans were Greeks too. Also, Macedonians spoke Greek, they didn't have a separate language, as Spartans also spoke greek in a different dialect. Aristotle was Alexander's teacher who was also Greek.
But Aleksandar is Macedonian and that's a fact I don't care if he participated in olimpic games he was king of greece and macedonia he could do whatever he wanted
It is very sad reading the comments that people are making based on zero historical facts and purely based on emotion and feeling. Macedon was an ancient city state in Greece. The location of Ancient Macedon is currently in modern day Greece. Alexander the Great was born in the Greek city state of Macedon. The people of Macedon spoke Greek and were culturally Greek, in fact they referred to themselves as Greeks. Alexander the Great was taught by the most well known Greek philosopher Aristotle. He wanted to unite the Greek City states under his rule, which he did. He then wanted to spread the Hellenic (which means Greek) culture to the East, which he did. He spoke Greek, lived in Ancient Greece, the Ancient ruins of Macedon are in Greece today and he famously stated that he wanted to spread the Hellenic culture to the East. The Slavic people have no relevance to his life in anyway. I am not sure how anyone can claim he was anything but Greek. These are the historical facts. Some of the comments on this video are so historical inaccurate its unbelievable and sad. Saying something doesn't make it true. Educate yourselves.
He was a massmurderer, who cares if he was Macedonian or Greek. He died like a bitch.
Saeed Vazirian he had never loosed his battle and his wish to rule the world that make me sick about him👌
Let me tell you something.. First google it the maps of Macedonia.. First ancient map, then the roman map, Byzantian map then map of the Otoman empire then you have Balkan wars maps the WW1 then WW2 what is common on theese maps? From the Balkans wars Greece trying to take parts of Macedonia and also forced Macedonian to learn Greek, something happend when Bulgarians came so.. i know what is what i dont need somebody to tell me who is who...Like historian i still go to Greece but because i am Macedonian i am not allowed to go in historian laboratory or seminars on Greek territory so for me Greek people are faggots who are afraid of truth Btw I can say i am Macedonian who take History DNK test and I am 60.34 % Ancient Macedonian, 14.97 % Greek, 24.58% Slavic i finish my University i get my Phd in History and Archaeology in Skopje 2016 on 22 years.. So Fuck you Idiot
You want us to get educated with Hellenic propaganda? He was Greek not Hellenic! If you want I can find the date when Hellenic emigrated in Balkan ! So open your mind and read American, British and French information instead of acting like slavs do, like ignorants!
Antonio Mickoski so that Ancient Macedonian part? You're trying to tell us you're Albanian ? Even Skopje is an Albanian city! Or sorry your Slavic republic doesn't allow you to admit that!
*Alexander III of Macedon* (20/21 July 356 BC - 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as *Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas [a.lék.san.dros ho mé.gas], from the Greek ἀλέξω (alexō) "defend" and ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anēr) "man" and means "protector of men"iii[›])*, was a King (Basileus) of the *Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty, an ancient Greek royal house* . Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at the age of twenty. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to Egypt into northwest India and modern-day Pakistan.He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders.
Bruh, macedon and macedonia are not the same thing, macedon is a city in greece, macedonia is a country
@Albanian Zeus her name was Olympiada and she was i think a Princess of a part of Greece
@@dovenwings4561 bruh you mean FYROM is a country learn history
Gentian_ SK well Olympia is a Greek name ..I have never met any Slav or Albanian or Turk or Italian with such name ...Haven’t you heard of Olympic Games? It’s the same name! Only the name of u look at that’s the proof ...
@@itsbritneybitch71 Slavs weren't even in that area until the 6th century.
the one thing that really interested me about him is that he conquered such a vast amount of land in such a short amount of time plus his ability ti inspire and respect people so much that people from all walks of life respected him.
#1 He was great
WHAT!?!?!
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IWolfPackI he was great
If only he had lived another decade, can you imagine it? The the whole world united under one man. Imagine what kind of civilisation such a world would have been produced.
@ravan king
I'm afraid I don't know who that is.
@ravan king Bullshit, Alexander at his 22 years has conquered entire nations and was fighting at the side of the strongest soldiers of that time, he was capable to bring enemy soldier to fight with him and spending their lives on it.
@ravan king he couldn’t conquer India because he wasn’t given the chance to. His men were cowards and they hesitated to take another land because it was hard to rule them all at once
Defeating Greek satraps in battle, are not the same as defeating Alexander the great. Maurya was a great king in India but I doubt he would've been able to sack Alexander's Army/phalanx. They only left India because Alexander's troops were done war mongering. Lol. They were far from pussies like the gentleman said above, they were just tired of marching and fighting, thats all. If he did not respect the wishes of his soldiers, I think you'd be speaking differently of him. He was by far, the most brilliant field General the world has ever seen. He literally had no weaknesses on the battlefield. Militarys still use his tactics, thousands of years later. Lol. He is by far, the baddest mf that ever walked the planet, imo. Maurya was brilliant too, but I highly doubt he could take Alexander head on, in a war and defeat him..
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
“Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.” - Alexander The Great
love is meant to be given not gained..
Alexander through his conquers took the wisdom of the ancient Greece and made it universal. It is thanks to him that Aristotle, Plato etc are so important in the Western World today.
Proud to be Greek
I am sitting in my chair for the last 2 hours watching the comment section arguing about if Alexander was Greek or not and if Macedonia was a part of Greece. Please let me answer those questions. Alexander was born in Pella July 356 B.C. He was one of the greatest conqueror of all times due to his military expertise and ideas. He created sarisa , a 6 meter spear, which gave him the advantage of fighting from a distance. One of the reasons why he is Greek is that he managed to enter the Olympics, something that only Greeks were able to do. He house , the House of Argead , was founded by the Argead dynasty , a dynasty from Thessalia. It is said the they moved from Thessalia because because the Dorians, another dynasty, kicked them of their territories. Then they moved norther and settled down to Macedonia creating a big ''clan''. If Fillips the second was not from then why the great orator Isocrates believed that he could bring the Panhellenic Idea to life ? He wouldn't if he wasn't. Which brings us to the conclusion that not only Alexander and his father were Greeks but all of the Macedonians who lived there also. And if some steal don't believe all of that OPEN A BOOK DAMMIT AND STOP PLAYING THE SMART ONE. Thank you .
Lol your so biased even ur dp is the greek flag
+Mario J123 and greece didnt even excist then, they were states so 😂
+Mario J123 The idea to create Greece existed before Alexanders. The Panhellenic Idea ? it was this. It was first sagested after the Persian war and they crated that idea so that they could face every enemy. But they already had the same language, religion and traditions before Fillips united them
+franky dang maybe the idea was there but macedonia was never part of the idea it was seperate and alexander was macedonian, like you greeks need to stop argueing and let macedonians have their name and flag😂 ignorant kid and country😂
+Mario J123 my friend his dna was reek not slavik and about you you are not macedonian or athenian or GREEK like he was and greece existed back then
Calling Alexander the Great Slavic-Macedonian is like saying that George Washington was Native American. Just because you live on the land now does not mean that you always have.
+ASCG5000 thank you.
finaly someone logical
Logic!! thank u!!!
Who is calling him a Slavic?
The people of FYRO"M" claim that they are not Slavs, but they are Macedonians and that Macedonians were not Greeks but a seperate ethnic group. Greatest science fiction movie ever.
World's greatest military leader.
Yes Genghis Khan is
@David -01 khalid bin waleed?
My opinion 1Julius Caesar 2 Alexander the Great. 3 Genghis Khan. 4 Napoleon Bonaparte. 5 Hanibbal
@@Sp1rit19 what about khalid?he never lost a single battle
@@ppap9818 havent heard of him. Maybe though. But generals whove lost no battles are common. You must do great things like fight against epic odds like Skanderbeg or invade a continent like Napoleon.
Not only did Greece conquer Persia, the thing that made it a lot more surprising is Persia was 40 times the size of Greece!
the Arabs and Mongols did the same
he is the greatest of all greeks because he unified the greece against persia
diamantidis 13 He didn't unifying Greece I'm tired of people giving him credit for everything, his father Bilippos united Greece Alexander did not!
Find a better source Wikipedia is awful for finding information.
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Bilippos ? who was he? sure not his Vather dude
Alexander inherit strong Greek army from his father. He clearly did not unify the Greeks
για να βλεπω ελληνες!!!
χαχαχαχα εδώ είμαστε! Έλληνες παντού!
+Donnie Lover χαχαχχ ετσιιι!!
+nikolas koutas Ελλαδαρα
+MrGreek Gamer ετσιι!!
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0:02:46 Alexander: *_"It has always been our Greek dream to go east"_*
He was macedonian
@@aleksandargapkovski8055 Keep crying
@@apostolis07 Why would I? Do I look like a baby like you?
@@aleksandargapkovski8055 Macedonia is Greek my guy😂😂
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
Just clear some confusion for people who don't know. Alexander the Great was Macedonian and in ancient Macedonia just like Athens and Sparta and Crete, they spoke their respective Greek dialect, followed the Greek gods and had their traditions.
Now, in modern time, the people who call their nation Macedonia are slavic tribes that settled around Greece and the real Macedonia(in Greece), between 500 to 900 BC.. They have nothing to do with Alexander the Great or the ancient empire of Macedonia. They are just confused people because when they came in and settled the Greeks in the area taught them about their history and now thousands of years later they think it's theirs.
Damn right, fake assholes
Yep, deluded... one correction it was ad not bc :)
exactly!!
@@ph9692 so you think when slavs came they didn't mix with Greeks who already lived there? Yes they did and the slav genom take advantage of Greek and nowadays we have there a strange mix of people who are part of Greek, Slavic and ottomans and they call themselves Macedonians, l see nothing wrong with that
@@role6159 im not talking about the people that are mixed im talking about people that got nothing but nothing to do with Greek blood and history and even culture at all...and they are claiming the history that doesnt belong to them..u cant be totally slavic and claim u are the descended of Alexander the great..!!u just cant do that..this claim is in action for the last 20 years now.. .why didnt they claim the name and history before ..??and they claim it now after 4 centuries..u canot even claim something. u have no idea about....when u dont even know the meaning of the word ure claiming....its like me living in the states claiming that im a native Indian American while im from Greece!!
to all the people who say that Alexander The Great was from Fyrom: *HIS WAS NOT* Your language is completely different from Greek ...you are slav , just like Poland , Serbia , Russia etc.
+Almost Everything Nope!
+Dac DT-HD Yep ..
deny history all you want you just seem completely fucking deluded because we All know the Macedonians were greek ethnics and not slavs, they used the fucking greek alphabet in their texts to write. Not slavic which came about literally millenia later.
sanos999 Nope!
ok then, could you tell us the historical background of your country?Of course i mean before the birth of Christ
Dac DT-HD Lol, so desperate for your own history that you flat out deny facts to make your own self seem more significant
Alexander the Great, the greatest of the Hellenes!
Bravo you know history 👍 i don't want to be offensive its a complement
He was half Macedonian half Albanian hos mother was albanian
Macedon*
@@hattorihaso2579 Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas), was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon[a]
@@kleidicani You do realize Epirus wasn't an Albanian territory back then right? And he was Greek Macedonian,just like Leonidas was Spartan Greek.
QUICK NOTES if you don't want to be bored by the video:
10> He had two different color eyes.
9> He had a noble horse that he tamed
8> He named 70 cities after himself (and 1 after his horse)
7> He was tutored by Aristotle for 3 years, who gave him a copy of the Iliad by Homer
6> He had a traditional marriage with Roxane and had children
5> He and his mother may have been in a plot to kill his father
4> "Alexander could cut to the heart of the matter" He cut through "The Gordian Knot"
3> He brought down the Persian Empire and was a heavy drinker
2> He never lost a battle
1> His death was mysterious
Not Mentioned: Yes, Greek Culture influenced Western Civilization,... until Jewish Culture spread through the Roman Empire. Ultimately, Modern Western Civilization was more influenced by Jewish Culture than Greek. Our lifestyles and mores are de facto Jewish; our Greek and Roman-ish conventions are de jure, such as Sunday (for the Sun) Monday (for the Moon) etc..
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He was poisoned... nobody wanted to follow him in his conquest... the soldiers were too tired, but his ambitions never disappeared. He's still the greatest Greek / Macedonian LEGEND ♡♡
I think he just lost the battle but was too embarrassed to admit it so made up this story.
He was defeated by Persians, that's how he died.
@@avismoon he didn't fight any battles towards the end of his life. It looks like he was poisoned.
@@saeedvazirian nice fantasy.
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
One of the most important things to know about Alexander the Great is the Oath of Alexander which he wrote in 324BC. Here he talks about a unified peaceful civilized world where people are measured by the virtue and not their race ethnicity or background. If you haven't seen it I encourage you to look it up. It is so important because even today it gives us so much to which to aspire.
Alexander --> Alexandros (transliterated from the Ancient Greek Αλέξανδρος). A compound word that consists from "Αλέξω" (transliterated as Alexo, meaning "to repel") and "Ανδρος" (transliterated as Andros, from the word Andras meaning "man"). So Alexandros --> the one who repels men. Each and every archeological evidence that contains his name is written in Ancient Greek. Absolutely nothing to do with the Slavic language or any of its dialects.
I feel sorry for Skopjans. Since 1912 or so, they have spread an immense propaganda all over the globe, in their desperate effort to usurp the name, and thus the history and identity of Macedonia. It must be extremely painful to hate your own identity and try to steal that of someone else. However, history is not written with lies, such as the ones that are found in their 500+ falsified books with which they have infested the libraries in various Universities (particularly in the US) or in their ridiculous claims that have zero historical, archeological and linguistic evidence. For each and every person who has some degree of intelligence, has the ability to do some research and come up with an answer.
It must be really hard to be born and grow up in a country that has lied to you extensively to such a degree that you are literally incapable of seeing the truth, i.e. the abundance of serious, academic research, true to the spirit of knowledge that has been conducted regarding Macedonia and Alexander the Great. I think it's like those poor guys that live in North Korea that have been brain washed to such an extent that a different reality is simply unfathomable. Only after they manage to escape their slavery do they realize the nature of their nightmare. As for the Greeks, modern or ancient ones.. Greeks were never racists, so our reaction has nothing to do with extreme right-wing political notions. Nor do we keep the light of the western civilization solely for us. It was, is, and forever will be free for all people who have eyes to see what it's all about. You are free to do so as well.
Its good you are no racist but you dont have 100% sure its today Greece is the same Greece like 2500 years ago.Is almost impossible.Greece not exist in european map 2000 years,they are occupated by roman empire,byzantium and turkish.They blood was mixed.After 2000 years occupated they took history of ancient hellada (hellada is greece who exist in this teritory 2000 years ago) and all world say :yes this is nowa days Greece.But tidays Greece mayby is not ancient Greece like todays Macedonia its not ancient Macedonia and ancient Persia its not todays Iran.
@J M Fyrom : Bulgarians by God
"Macedonians" by Tito
@J M propaganda from Tito
@J M 😁😁😁🇲🇰👉♿
@@sabinarybczynska228 things change facts don't, ancient Macedonians were a Greek speaking, Greek writing, Greek God worshipping Greek tribe. Races all countries get mixed over the years, but at least in Greece we still speak Greek.
You forgot the fact that he lead his calvary charges at the front of the wedge being the first one to crash into the enemy. I think that deserves a spot.
That's not true.
Alexander spread Greek culture and ,yet, Slavs still call themselves Macedonians...
+Absolute barbaric here in Greece nobody and I mean no life calls it Macedonia we call it FYROM as the real Macedonia is here
+Dimitra Chatziiordanou yeah!
+xImperium What are you talking about?
i live near FYROM and it means (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
+xImperium Not true. Macedonians back then weren't greeks. When the Slavs arrived on the balkans they mixed with the old Macedonians.
What about what Hephaestion meant to Alexander? That's quite interesting :)
spinogurl123 spinogurl123 exactly!!! I came here seeing if they’d talk about but. Nope, apparently not. But at least I’m not the only one :)
I think it's one of the most interesting and heartwarming stories about Alexander. He saw Hephaestion as more than his best friend, but like a part of himself. Also, the fact that Hephaestion's funeral is estimated to £1.5 bilions in comparison to modern time currency is pretty fascinating
When you fight war after war together and exchange and asj opinions on everything you become like the best of friends. People who went to war may understand.
They probably don't want to talk about homosexual activities?
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
#11 persian women are not black(no offence to my black friends♡)
Agreed
You are beautiful enough but not old enough,to be Parysatis,the wife of Dareus...
Persian women not being black is my favourite fact about Alexander the Great
@@kimphilby7999 yikes dude
The actress who played her isn't technically black either. Also, there are tons of dark-skinned Persians, so just because they didn't have an actress with white skin playing an ancient Persian princess doesn't mean it's impossible that she actually did have darker skin.
ALEXANDER THE GREATEST GREEK WE LOVE YOU PROUD TO BE GREEK
He truly was! You Greeks have Alexander,Leonidas,Themistokles,Hercules and goes on.... I envy you
Aquatic Exactly, Macedonian means Greek you dumb bulgarian! 4:03 "i Alexander the Greek"
And Bulgarians have SPARTACUS, Simeon the GREAT, Khan KRUM, KALOYAN the Greekslayer
@@aleksk4151 Spartacus was 700 years before Bulgaria...
@@frankies7468 Spartacus is a Thracian from Bulgaria
People those days be like hey I am from Alexandria and I came in Alexandria yesterday. But I like Alexandria more than Alexandria.
My both parents were born in Ohrid Town, they are of Slavic descent!
My father always tought me, as did my Grandfather who was a history professor, that Alexander was a Hellenic (Greek) King, son of Philip (the one eyed)!
We,Serbs from former Yugoslav republic Macedonia, have never claimed that Alexander was of Slavic descent! Slavic people came to the Balkans in 6th century AD !
Nice try you silly greek hahaha
@@DedoBozhe yeah my last name is Greek, hahahaha! I have no problem being Greek,but I am a US citizen who hails from Serbia, Belgrade!
@@pashapasovski5860 Seems to me that you lost all roots and don't even know where you belong now, but ok whatever floats your boat man if you wanna be a slav be a slav just don't speak for all of my people. G'day.
@@DedoBozhe I am what ever I say I am!🥊
FYR Macedonians derive from Bulgarians.
The name of the horse is not a random weird name ΒΟΥΚΕΦΑΛΑΣ means cattle head, VuKefalas. We still use the word vous, for cows and cattle. Kefali is the head in Greek.
So Alexander named his horse CowHead. It means they had humour, they were normal humans and apparently the horse was stubborn as a mule.
To a Slav like the people in Skopje, or to an Albanian, those names have no meaning, as for the English speakers and in general the non Greek speakers.
But ask any professor who teach Greek and will tell you the meaning of the name.
Here is the etymology
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus
Everything about Macedonian is Greek, even the name of their animals!
How can you people dispute those simple basic knowledge just to make happy the Albanian Slavs in Skopje? Why Alexander didnt give a Slavic name like Igor, Slavo, Vladimir, Boris, etc?
Why he named his horse in Greek?
Simple logical questions.
Its like the President of the USA to name his dog Yokohama, or Shinichi, japanese names. This is the cultural difference between the slavs and the Greeks.
We dont understand each other at all, except few words like mama, papa.
Please everyone respect history, treat it as science please.
Albanian Slavs?????you should open the history book
And there was a city for into Asia named after it
Bucefalus significa doble cabeza
Klement Cuka arvanites are not Albanians though
@Giannis Stathakis a inveja para seu povo sempre foi grande.Alemaens ln galeses russos que outr os varvaros ainda prospathoun na amavrosoun tin Elliniki isto ria. Min tous afinete
For those interested, a list of some notable history books by credible Historians, that will help you contemplate upon the Greek legacy of Macedonia;
“Alexander the Great. Man and God”, Pearson, Harlow 2004, by Ian Worthington.
“The Miracle that was Macedonia” by N. G. L. Hammond.
“By the spear. Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the rise and fall of the Macedonian empire”, Oxford University Press by Ian Worthington.
“The Rise of the Greeks” by Michael Grant.
“Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography” by Peter Green.
Truly masterpieces.
I love that you used clips from the Black Stallion in here; I saw that film when I was nine and I never forgot the story of Bucephalus. Sad there was no mention of Hephaestion, though.
Greetings from Macedonia, Greece 🇬🇷
I've got two blue eyes and one brown eye. Beat that, Alexander the Great!
Lmao
your comment made my day!
I have one blue one green and one brown beat that cosmicSS
I don't get it.
Armenian metal Alexandros had one blue and one brown eye .. (iris heteroctomia ) so because of that many people in his time believe that he he has smthng Godlike
Alexander's horse was named Βουκεφάλας in greek . That in English translates to ox-head / horse-body because he had a strange mark like an ox on his neck . I am from Greece and I am very proud of my country's history !!!
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
Alexander was greek. There is ton of evidence, if historical facts are taken into consideration, that confirm his origins.
he was macedonian in origin although back then it was part of greece
+Peter Exarchakos yes
+Paramone Gaming with other words, his dna was greek and not slavic.
+Mr Marko not again you!He was GREEK idiot
Macedonian* Macedon at the time was much farther south than it is today.
I am from greece and we learn many things about Alexander and all Good great job
Gordian Knot: *Exists*
Alexander: "I about to end this mans whole career"
Fact 11
He was 5'0(153cm) tall only.
He was below average even for his time,his soldiers were like 5'3
Even Genghis Khan was 5'0
@@SolitaryCreature1311 genghis is 5'7 -5,9
well that id uncertain since he looked short on his horse but he was stated tp actually be about as tall as darius the third if they stanf side by side
We don't know that. No ancient source specifies his height at all.
Big things come in small packages
No mention of one of Alexander the Great's favourite books Cyropaedia? Cyropaedia is a biography of Cyrus the Great of Persia written by Xenophon a highly respected Athenian soldier and historian, who was also a student of Socrates.
Actually do a list of top 10 leaders influenced by Cyropaedia. It would include Alexander, Caesar, Scipio, etc.
i studied him, hes my favorite historical figure but never knew about the eye colors ty
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
@wanka wanka No to what sorry? Please elaborate if you even can lol.
@@turiguliano416 that's some bullshit...
Did you dig up all that evidence in your toilet?
@@towardsheaven4196 Only Indians says that Alexander lost even though Porus doesn't exist in their history. Who losses has a right to be mad. 😂🤣😂🤣
My school sent me homework and I thought it was gonna get boring fast but their link took me to this, just made my day better
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
We in Bulgaria learn in schools Macedonia is Greece and North Macedonia is Bulgarian
One of the best Heroes of Hellas! Respect!He made known the hellenic language and culture across asia! so much thankful to him, he made Hellas great and punished the invaders persians that had attacked his homeland before. I heard of some yugoslavs claimed to be his descendants... Some slavs, Their propaganda has succeeded. They made the whole world call their country 'Macedonia', some slavs. They don't even know what name macedonia means. and it's actually Makedonia(ancient hellenic word) as all makedonian names,Alexander, for example, or Philipus ect. They were a tribe from Argus(south Greece) that migrated to north greece and makedonian means 'tall man'. I don't need anyone to tell me that Makedonians were Hellenes, I know History and history tells me that they were Greeks. People from Sparta were called Spartans, people of Athens Athenians, people of Korinthos Korinthians and people of Makedonia were called Makedons. All of them were speaking the Hellenic language, believing in the Greek Gods, And had hellenic consciousness. I think I don't have to mention something else. Just don't call Fyrom macedonia. They steal greek history. Bye bye!
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lmfao
+tobi - Waste of oxygen why dont you bring any argument supporting your fantasies?
nikos margioris Because I don't want to lose my precious time with gypsy gayreeks like you..
thanks for the amazing arguments tobi -
He was an amazing General and his tactics are still used today.
Unfortunately, I don't believe he died from any of the reasons stated in this video.
I heard he died from asbestosis. He had a coat made out of it and used to throw in the fire in front of his troops and they were amazed how it didn't burn.
They only had it in very few history books but just my opinion on his untimely young death.
Alexander was Greek,his name is Greek,his father was Greek,his teacher was Aristotle,he was speaking Greek and spread Hellenism everywhere
Naruto Uzumaki hahahahahha , he was Greek my friend. Greek , Greek and Greek. Accept it
I'm a little confused. Wasn't ancient Macedonia in what is now the Balkans?Although he embraced Hellenic culture, as every country around Greece did.
edydon
It's called Balkan Peninsula Macedonia is part of it and acient Macedonia were one of the many greek states.
No, I thought and still know him as Macedonian, which isn't the same.
@Δήμιος Okay, thanks to tell me! I didn't know. But I guess Macedonian is kinda right. More specific.
I love how Alexander the Great was both a badass and he proved he was a military genius and he was just awesome
Great video, amazing work. Let's help this channel become even bigger, they deserve it.
they have 11.5 mio subscribers already
It's so funny seeing Albanians and Slavs from Vardarska, FYROM (or whatever that country is called nowadays) trying to appropriate Greek History each for their own 😂😂😂
Keep entertaining us guys. Best comedy show i've seen in a while.
Alexander the Great. The greatest Greek!!!
Φου-Δου Έλα δεν χρειάζεται να το επισημαίνεις το λέει και στο βίντεο
Agreed, Serbia supports this truth.
Todays Macedonians come from Bulgarian heritage but wont admit it
@Arian Jangali todays macedonians did not exist when Alexander was alive , open google and start reading
@Arian Jangali Read history before arguing. TOdays macedonians are slavs and have nothing to do with alexander the great , todays country of northmacedonia was established in 1945
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there .....
I am greek and he is my favourite historical figure
#11 iron maiden wrote an awesome song about him
what's it called??
Michelle Perez I'm not sure but I thought it was called something with "alexander" and with "great"
psteeg hahahahha
Michelle Perez dont give a fuck how old the comment is but the song is literally called alexander the great
psteeg Alexander told me to tell you to kick John's ass.He been talking shit about Phil!Render a blow to his eye and knock him out.I checked,Your favorite family member will give you money upon completion.Trump is behind you lad!Do it so the universe will achieve balance!Every one will bow before you.The nobel peace prize is with in your grasp!
This man right here is making me feel extremely proud that im Greek
Why are you proud for? Because Alexander the Great and ancient Macedonian Kingdom destroyed greece?
@@herrwegner7860 Well maybe because he UNITED it and destroyed those who were against it, defeated the Persians and spread the Hellenic culture with his empire across the world starting what we know as the Hellenistic period. Try to tell me he wasn't Hellenic now
@@herrwegner7860 Macedonians never destroyed Greece. In fact, MACEDONIANS WERE GREEK. MACEDONIA WAS AN ANCIENT GREEK KINGDOM
@@apostolis07 'destroyed those who were against it and defeated Persians' first mistake, the Persians won that war. he died while the Persians were in open rebellion, that's what makes the Persians the victors. Being against a terrorist genocidal culture is a good thing. greek antiquity culture no longer exists because the Persians thankfully annihilated it.
Alexander u are Slav?
Alexander: who are the slavs...lol
Good one 😂🇬🇷☦️
Oreo 👌
@Spartan_Of_ Serbia ! Slavs existed but didn't travel that far south until the 6th century.
Не сум давала за право да ми располагате со гравот 🇲🇰
@@Оливера-к6б Alexander what language u talk ?
Alexander: Hellenic
Me:Do u want to wait two priestd Kyrilos n Methodios to speak Slavics?
A:How i must wait?
Me:About 1100 yeard
A:Are u serious?i must go to conquer Persians speak Hellenics
Greek history is very interesting to me!
Alexander the Great started his campaign in Corinth with the unification of all GREEK countries/states except Sparta,his plan was to free the GREEK cities who were under Barbaric kingdoms. in Ancient Greece "barbarian" used to be a name for someone who didn't speak Greek like the Skopjians nowadays
Funny how they called Macedonians "barbarians"
+lildecable even Athens and Sparta were calling each other barbarians because they had different traditions and ideologies
bill dim THen how can you possibly call them one people if they regarded themselves as seperate people
+lildecable the Macedonians you think have nothing in common with ancient Macedonians and if you don't agree show me proof stop saying random things that don't make sense
bill dim Like wise
Spread Greek influence, GREEK 🇬🇷
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@@missl_me2241 Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local Pakistani farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever. Check the facts.
he was Macedonian
@@bojantween8800 yes, and Macedonia is a part of Greece.
Alexander the great 🇬🇷🇬🇷🙏🏻🙏🏻🇬🇷
@@davidadem1390 Macedonians were Greeks so yeah he was greek gypsy western bulgarian :)
@@nrDefarioBLF THE REAL MACEDONIA IS HERE🇲🇰 FAKE MACEDONIA HERR🇬🇷🏳️🌈
@@davidadem1390 Learn english gypsy xD and the real macedonia is here in Greece fyrom is just a bulgarian state with fake history everyone accepts that bastardonski xD
@@nrDefarioBLF nope macedonia is macedonia and will forever be macedonia love from macedonia
from pro gamer to tasos anas bye my friend
@@progamerbufovi Hahahaha prove it gypsy
Many Kings came and many Kings gone but no one is greater than Alexander the great .
So true caesar napoleon tha all adored him the all wanted to be him
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
@@liamo7759 Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
A shame that hephaestion was never mentioned.
I know right!!!!
+athanos lee I know, I was bummed out. :(
athanos lee yeah. He was hia best friend. I bet they didn't mention him since modern people only tend to sexualize friendships between men, even when there is absolutely no proof of anything like that.
It’s ridiculous how little mentioning this relevant fact has been said.
How is he “might be apart of a plot to kill his father king” a fact?
Its a fact that its not a fact so they're not wrong i guess idk
crimmerz nope. It’s either if a fact that he did or he didn’t. Not it’s a fact that he might be. Wtf is that?
crimmerz so this can be a fact. It a fact that he might not have plotted to kill his father. See how that works?
@@png2004 well if we dont know. Then its fact that we dont know
crimmerz that just open a whole lot of windows. If you’re fine with that then that’s not good.
Moments like this make me feel so proud for being greek. Bad the fact that people think that "Macedonia" is Yugoslavia and not a part of Greece makes me sad. I don't think they have the right to call their country or whatever "Macedonia" and I'm really angry bc Greece didn't do anything about it. Just because they don't have a history, doesn't mean that they can steal the history from another country. It's unfair.
In the battake of Hydaspas vs Porus, Alexander's famous Horse regiment got devastated and his own horse was killed. His army was terrified af by the elephants. He then signed a treaty with King Porus and Alexander himself returned to other way to invade eastwards which went through River Indus. But Mauryan army gave him beating of a lifetime and he then abscond the situation. He then died in Babylonia while returning.
Fact.
@Cop Anders You tell us thr facts then?
@Cop Anders What do you know yourself?
@Cop Anders You only knows the dreams from TH-cam videos that were sold to you. Hence why you wont read, have not read on and so cant say anything on this topic. As your lazy and get your information from videos.
History is written by the victor, but the fact remains. In modern day Pakistan, that's were his last battles was, that's who killed his horse which he had with from the beginning as a kid, and they hit Alessandra HIMSELF with an arrow, the first and only time he was struck.
After this battle which he won, he went home, scared of the bigger Indian armies ahead. And this injury of the arrow was mostly likely the cause of his death.
The part of Pakistan were he had the last battle, this a warrior cast of farmers and are called 'Raja'. Known as Kings and nobles whilst being a warrior people. I know this because I am from exactly there and my family have been there for thousands of years, and his horse I know exactly were it is buried.
@Cop Anders Learn to write and read a book.
You can start with these facts below:
- The impact of Muslim scientists on Leonardo DeVenci in general can be seen both implicitly and explicitly throughout his notebooks. His studies into Geometric Proportions were evidently informed by Thabit ibn Qurra, his work on Optics by Ibn Al Haytham (Alhazen) and his work on Mathematics by Al Kindi.
- 500 years before Galileo, Muslim scholars accepted that the Earth was a round sphere.
- Not only did Muslims preserve and translate ancient classical texts that inspired Renaissance thinkers, but they also invented the Scientific Method and Modern University system, which led to the Scientific Revolution, and pioneered medical and agricultural techniques that improved the quality of life of Europeans.
- Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe were numerous, affecting such varied areas as art, architecture, medicine, agriculture, music, language, education, law, and technology.
- Also Aristotle, spent some twenty years studying in Egypt.
Things invented by Arabs and Indian Muslims:
- Hospitals
- Surgery
- University
- Modern Chemistry
- The scientific method
- The number 0
- Algorithm
- Algebra
- The first flying Machine
- The first Camera
- The game of chess
- Ink
- The fountain pen
- The mirror
- Optic glasses
- Soap
Architecture:
So called Italian and Greek architecture such as The Parthenon, Temple of Hephaestus, Temple of Aphaia, St. Peter's Basilica was actually first seen in Syria and Iraq, were you can still see the originals that were copied by Greeks and Roman still standing in Iraq and Syria today.
- Read this book: Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe to see the facts
But you wont check these facts because you don't like to read and you want to think 'white is better', but they are just good theifs and liers, stealing it all from Arabs and Indians.
Alexandre the Great was greek. And he died because of the huge amount of wine he drunk in a celebration, as he was small and he drunk a lot of wine which wasn't mixed with water as it was a competition in which they tried to drunk huge bottles (don't know the english word for kratiras) of wine. Also, a fever was arround him the last days which may influence his health.
Some of us Indians are overrating Porus. First of all, Alexander won the battle of hydaspes, he just let Porus keep India because of his bravery. Next:
Alexander conquered much more land then Porus ever did. He conquered Egypt, Mesopotamia, Afganistan, India and more. He Defeated PERSIA before he was even 30 years old. The persians are no joke, it took about 7,000 Greek soldiers to defeat them plus they were extremely large because they would always replace their dead with a new one, so defeating them in your late 20s is no small feat. Now name anything Porus conquered that could stand a candle to the persians.
Coming from an Indian.
Ashu Prak Thank you. That happened thousands of years ago, we shouldn't fight about that anymore. Greetings to India from Greece.
Alexandra had tight fight with porus because they had elephants which crushed them easily but still Alexandra won the war in little margin. His army feared of next kingdoms which had more numbers of elephants in there army and also his army was tired long journey of continuous war they returned
At last you should have written 'Coming from an asshole who can even sell his mom for some youtube likes '
You said Alexander conquered India .You idiot, he just conquered a small territory of India which is a territory of Pakistan and Afghanistan today .Isreal conquered some land of Egypt but this doesn't mean Isreal conquered whole Egypt. Porous was the king of a small territory while kingdom of Magadha was much much bigger and stronger compared to Porus' kingom .Just answer me 1 thing ,If Alexander won easily against porous, why did he ran away like a coward? Why didn't he think of conquering more important cities with lot of treasures like Surat etc which are much closer to Sindh in Pakistan ?
Remember, Kingdom of Magadha or Nanda's empire was far more stronger than Porus and had large number of elephants. Don't speak what people of west feed you .People of west even claim Alexander won whole India and Pours was king of whole India just like you .I think you have accepted these westerners as your father😂
Alexander did not conquer India.
dude my social studies teacher showed this in class and I died 😅
I’m watching this for ss lol
Me too
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there .....
Historical facts
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The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great):
- "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they
don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..."
(The third Filipino)
By Demosthenes (384-322 BC).
Historical facts =
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!.
I love history.
Alexander the Great must be one of the greatest leaders of all time.
@Arian Jangali He was not a bad human being. He had far more ethics than the kings of his time. While kings were looting cities and raping women of the cities they conquered, he condemned prostitution and the sexual assault of women during wars. He gave high positions in his empire to deserving women. He condemned corruption and tomb looting. He respected other cultures. He adapted the cultures of the places he was staying in. He stripped himself of money and used it all for his people. Yes, he had his flaws, but Alexander was indeed great. He was far better than most of the kings during his time, in terms of ethics.
These comments man lol from an Asian standpoint he was born in a city state from Greece called Macedon so he is Greek. What country or nationality is claiming that he is not Greek? anyone?
Macedonians, which are not Greek ethnically anymore. Macedon back in the day took part in the Olympic games, a right reserved for Greeks. We need no more proof.
Alexander III of Macedon is truly a inspirational historical figure.
DeathCreationist definitely
I strive to live my life by the example he lived his life...always lead from the front never back down no matter how great the odds may be
He couldnt swim, almost drowned on 2 occasions and should have died 9 times prior to that. Qonquers the world at a very young age and then dies no matter how short his life was he accomplished more then anyone else have ever done in his short life time. He inspired Roman Generals like Caesar and every emperor after Augustus, worshiped as a god and his diadochis fought for his body for years, what a legend. He is just one of many that Greece has prodouced in the past, they should be proud.
Till today there are the remains of his birthplace.
Ancient Pella, Central Macedonia, Greece.
There is also a museum!
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I laugh so hard when I see that FYROM people think that they are Macedonians but the real fact is when Alexander born they didn't even existed
you laugh so hard because your dumb lol
PANOS LS CREW screw your self
Robert b b Ancient Macedonia was a Hellenic kingdom, such as Epirus or Cyrene (and technically Sparta, with two kings ruling simultaneously).
Alexander (and the Macedonians) spoke Greek (a Doric dialect of Greek), wrote in Greek, worshipped the same pantheon of Gods and self identified as Greek.
Because Macedon(ia) was a kingdom, it was treated as a lesser state by the city states to its south (Macedon was more of Homeric kingdom, since abandoned by the southern city states), but the founders originated from Argos in the Peloponnese.
The key thing here is to not confuse Ancient Macedonia with the modern Republic of Macedonia. The Republic of Macedonia is a modern Slavic state, which has adopted the name from the region of Macedonia (with the first Slavic reference to this in the early 20th century); it is also north of Ancient Macedonia, lying within the Paeonian and Illyrian regions of the Ancient Balkans.
The northern Greek region of Macedonia corresponds approximately to the Ancient Kingdom of Macedonia.
There is no logic gayreek
God will punish you cause you beat us in genocide 80% in aegean part are macedonians eith greek name and greek surenames
Another fun fact: He thought himself to be a son of Zeus, and was often called Zeus-Ammon.
Most people that claim macedonia is not Greek dont realise that back then greece was divided into small city states (you could consider them Kingdoms) simillar to the german states such as bavaria prussia etc. Saying macedonia isnt a part of greece is like saying bavaria isnt a part of germany.
Alexander the Great was a Macedonian and the Greatest Conqueror of the Ancient World !
He was Macedonian fam
Yes, he was a macedonian. There is no doubt. But Greek-Macedonian. Like every Texan, Californian is an American, so every Macedonian is Greek. The country called in modern days "Macedonia" is a country bunch of bulgarian-spreaking slavs and with 30% albanians at its population.
Alexander the Great was a Illyrian and not a Hellenic or Slavic !
No you Greek Liar !
Tommy Wagner Macedonians were Greek spekers, they were Doric Greeks they spoke Doric Greek. Its written in stone in their ancient capital of Pella. That's why Alexander the first stated *_"I (Alexander l) am by ancient descent...GREEK"_*, and that's why Alexander the Great referred to himself as *_"I (Alexander) the Hellene"_* In fact the Macedonians drove the Illyrians out of northern Greece and back into Yugoslavia'
Alexander the Great's probable cause of death; He chocked on a ham sandwich.
Lmao that must be your mama jokes. HAHAHHAHA
Ryan lex ;-)
Greetings from Thessaloniki. The capital of the real Macedonia. Build in 315 B. C. When others were living in caves.
Macedonia was founded around 800 bc and the capital is like a hour drive away from Thessaloniki.
@@Euro.Patriot Yes the ancient capital of Macedonia was Pella. The first king was Karanos from Argos-Peloponese.Don't worry we know the Greek history.
Thank very much for this video!!!
Funny How people Think Alexander Was not Greek
Do some Research
Luke Duke Haris Manou HOW??HOW THE ACTUAL FUCK???SLAVS CAME 2000 YEARS AFTER HE DIED!!!HOW IS HE A SLAV?JESUS CHRIST I WANT TO SHOOT MYSELF TO DIE AND STOP READING IDIOT COMMENTS LIKE YOURS!!!!!!
Luke Duke MACEDONIA
Herodotus (p18..hr57)
Εστου ΕΛΛΑΣ εστου ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΊΑ
Macedonia is greek
Alexander the great in Corinth conference 373bc
"By the unification of the hellen states we will be able to concurre persia"
The letter of Alexander to the king of persia darius
"U did great harm to my ancestors the greeks it is the time to take revenge for all the harm u have caused"(Hirudotus...p23)
There are hundreds more messages I can sow u that starts whith Alexander saying me the hellen
DO U STILL U ARE MACEDONIAN
U ARE A BULGARIAR
re vlaka...o antrwpos eipe pws kai o kosmos akoma nomizei pws o Alexandros den itan Ellinas. Oxi to anapodo. Svise to comment sou!
Luke Duke I would say the same to you, read other sources, don't get surprised, you might not be greek too .
He is not
I have a green eye and a blue eye hurrah for heterochromia.
Fun fact:
Alexander was once judging a male's dance competition. When the winner walked across the stage in front of the entire audience to sit with Alexander, the audience actually began to shout KISS! KISS!! KISS!!!, Because the winner was very hot, so they did kiss in front of the audience, and Alexander invited back to his palace.
oh really? that was hot...
Mike Fitzpatrick bruh im crying
alexander did gay stuff huh....
You got everything right except the claim that Alexander invited him back, and that he was the judge. He wasn’t the judge- he just happened to be there, and he didn’t invite him back. Also, the Macedonians weren’t shipping them- Alexander was the Persian king, and it was an honour to be kissed by the king for the Persians. Again, it was not that the dancer was hot, but because he was popular among the Macedonians that they cheered and egged him to kiss him. Nice retelling though, lol, I enjoyed the narration.
I love ancient greece and how goof it was
He having 2 different eye color was pretty cool. Kinds of sums up why he’s the most notable ruler of all time!
i love the "fact" that he was "probably" involved in his fathers murder..... so what now fact or probably
My favorite fact? He was Greek and nothing else
There are a lot of people arguing over weather Macedonia was Greek or not:
The Greek city states like Sparta, Athens, Korith, Argos ect all viewed Macedonia as semi-barbarian and less civilised than the Greeks in the south and in the Peloponnesus. This is due to the fact that Macedonians had some different customs and that their nation was comprised of woodland and mountains which made them seem more mysterious. However the Macedonians worshiped Greek Gods, had Greek names, ate Greek Food and practiced Greek architecture.
@BARBATVS 89 more like macedonians 30% are blonde
Alexanders mom is illyrian so basically albanian
@@sixstring4718 Alexander mom was Greek hahahahah
@@sixstring4718 Philip was a barbarian took a Greek wife
Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas), was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon[a]
His army was outnumbered between 5 to 1 to 6 to 1 , Darius had 250-300k soldiers and he had 45k soldiers. He won the 3rd war against Darius because of his genius tactics and because he almost killed darius and had Darius fleeing...when the persians saw that their king was fleeing, part of their army fled and the other had no coordination. Kings were the ones coordinating armies and trumpeters would carry over the orders. With no coordination the rest of the persians were toast. About 50-150'000 persians died while in Alexander's army, only 1'000 men died
Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes).
With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies were ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.
How are these facts when you say "the story goes..."?
because they aren't.
Alexander is by far the greatest Greek in history!!!🇬🇷
Vassilios21 you mean Macedonian history 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰
@@macedonianalexander7663 Alexander the great was Greek. Fyrom didn't even exist when he died!!!!
lol mad gayeeks u are not greeks u are gayeeks u have no history no brain and no beautiful girls get some brain gayeeks
@@macedonianalexander7663 macedonia has no history you came to your land in 700 after jesus birth and alexander the great died 1000 years before that read books
@@nikston2079 hahahahahahaahahhaha you have 100 years of history and no knowlegends call us gayeeks or whatever we hve 10.000 years of the greatest history on earth and you ( leonidas alexander the great philipps aristotelis sokratis) and thousands more and what did you have? Umm noone hahaha
conquered Asia before 30, I dont have a job before 30 lol