Ian Worthington, English historian and archaeologist: "Not much need to be said about the Greekness of ancient Macedonia: it is undeniable." ("Philip II of Macedon", Yale University, 2008)
I read his book on Alexander... incrediblely detailed n was not scared too "contradict" himself...I teared up at the end the book though...amazing and favorite read...The Virtues of War was really cool although it cud have longer "dare I say"
"wisdom begins in wonder" socrates, robin lane fox has forgoten more than what most other scholars know about ancient greece, such is his knowledge on the subject.what a great brain this man has and his passion for ancient greece shines out. kyri..
Letter from Gotse Delchev to Nikola Maleshevski (1899) - "Sofia, 1 May 1899, Kolyo (Nikola), I have received all the letters sent by you and through you. Let us not allow the splits and splintering to frighten us. It is, indeed, a pity, but what can we do, since we are Bulgarians and all suffer from one common disease. If this disease had not been present in our ancestors, from whom we inherited it, they would have never fallen under the sceptre of the Turkish Sultan..."
hi,yes he was macedonian,a macedonian greek,his mother was greek as was his father and grandfather,just as leonides of the 300 spartans was a spartan greek,themosticles of athens was an athenian greek,they were all greek hellens but put their city/states before their greekness.alexander spoke greek,wrote greek,worshiped greek gods and had greek culture but in those days they all hated each other and often had wars the peloponiesan war between athens and sparta i example but they were all greeks.
Sandanski that not only was in the BULGARIAN army, but has also openly stated : "свободна българска Македония" "Free BULGARIAN Macedonia" and in this little interview he gave to Branislav Nusic: question by Branislav Nusic: ...So, you are not allowed to enter Bulgaria?" answer by Yane Sandanski: "I dare not go to Bulgaria, but I don't need it. "Here is my BULGARIA"
"Why are we ashamed and flee from the truth that whole positive Macedonian revolutionary tradition comes exactly from exarchist part of Macedonian people. We shall not say a new truth if we mention the fact that everyone, Gotse Delchev, Dame Gruev, Gjorche Petrov, Pere Toshev were teachers of the Bulgarian Exarchate in Macedonia." LJUBCO GEORGIEVSKI
Big fan of Professor Fox, read several of his great books- including 'Alexander'
Ian Worthington, English historian and archaeologist:
"Not much need to be said about the Greekness of ancient Macedonia: it is undeniable."
("Philip II of Macedon", Yale University, 2008)
Thank you Professor Robin Lane Fox!!!Thank you Oxford University!!!
Great to be able to see Mr. Fox speak....a beautiful thing to have people who actually and truly master their subjects (and don't spew sh*t). amen.
sterling walter amen
I read his book on Alexander... incrediblely detailed n was not scared too "contradict" himself...I teared up at the end the book though...amazing and favorite read...The Virtues of War was really cool although it cud have longer "dare I say"
"wisdom begins in wonder" socrates, robin lane fox has forgoten more than what most other scholars know about ancient greece, such is his knowledge on the subject.what a great brain this man has and his passion for ancient greece shines out.
kyri..
Fascinating! So glad I was able to watch this online.
Friend and advisor to Oliver Stone. While helping film "Alexander", the professor talked himself onto a Mount for the cavalry charge at Gaugamela!
his book Pagans and Christians is scholarly and fabulous.
Letter from Gotse Delchev to Nikola Maleshevski (1899)
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"Sofia, 1 May 1899, Kolyo (Nikola), I have received all the letters sent by you and through you. Let us not allow the splits and splintering to frighten us. It is, indeed, a pity, but what can we do, since we are Bulgarians and all suffer from one common disease. If this disease had not been present in our ancestors, from whom we inherited it, they would have never fallen under the sceptre of the Turkish Sultan..."
Excellent.
hi,yes he was macedonian,a macedonian greek,his mother was greek as was his father and grandfather,just as leonides of the 300 spartans was a spartan greek,themosticles of athens was an athenian greek,they were all greek hellens but put their city/states before their greekness.alexander spoke greek,wrote greek,worshiped greek gods and had greek culture but in those days they all hated each other and often had wars the peloponiesan war between athens and sparta i example but they were all greeks.
whoever did the recording made a ton of secondary noise.
γιατι δεν εχει ελληνικη μεταφραση τι κριμαααααααααα
Sandanski that not only was in the BULGARIAN army, but has also openly stated :
"свободна българска Македония"
"Free BULGARIAN Macedonia"
and in this little interview he gave to Branislav Nusic:
question by Branislav Nusic: ...So, you are not allowed to enter Bulgaria?"
answer by Yane Sandanski: "I dare not go to Bulgaria, but I don't need it. "Here is my BULGARIA"
"Why are we ashamed and flee from the truth that whole positive Macedonian revolutionary tradition comes exactly from exarchist part of Macedonian people. We shall not say a new truth if we mention the fact that everyone, Gotse Delchev, Dame Gruev, Gjorche Petrov, Pere Toshev were teachers of the Bulgarian Exarchate in Macedonia." LJUBCO GEORGIEVSKI