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5 unusual facts about Ancient Macedonians


Al-Masudi

Again, like all other Arabic historians, he was unclear on Greece before the Macedonian dynasty that produced Alexander the Great.

Barbarian

However in various occasions, the term was also used by Greeks, especially the Athenians, to deride other Greek tribes and states (such as Epirotes, Eleans, Macedonians and Aeolic-speakers) but also fellow Athenians, in a pejorative and politically motivated manner.

Battle of the Persian Gate

Ariobarzanes was charged with preventing the Macedonian advance into Persis, and to this effect he relied heavily on the terrain Alexander needed to pass through.

Ma'an Governorate

After succeeding in repulsing Macedonian and Roman invasions, Petra finally fell to the Roman Empire in 103 A.D. Closely located to Petra is Mount Hor, where is it believed that Aaron brother of Moses died, the mountain is named in Arabic Jebel Nebi Harun (Mountain of Prophet Aaron).

Magadha

Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrakottos) (324–301 BC), the greatest emperor of ancient India, founded the Mauryan Empire after defeating both the Nanda Empire and the Macedonian Seleucid Empire


Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity

VMRO–DPMNE has been criticised for it's "Antiquisation" policy (known locally as "Antikvizacija"), in which the country seeks to claim ancient Macedonian figures like Alexander the Great and Philip II of Macedon for itself and denying their Greek heritage.


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