Modern Historians about Macedonia – Katja Mueller

 

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If the Ptolemies did not found cities in Egypt the way the Seleukids did in Asia and Asia Minor, they did settle tens of thousands of Greco-Macedonians and other settlers.

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Mainly it was Greek Macedonians who were settled.

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An important feature of Ptolemaic history and historiography has been the dichotomy  between Greek and Egyptian cultures.

Modern scholarship has intimately linked Hellenistic colonization with the Greek side, with Greek culture. We might then expect new settlements to reflect this greekness. The city of Alexandria provides a good example. It was a settlement with a Greek-Macedonian origin.

Its founder, Alexander the Great, was a Greek-speaking Macedonian, its second founder Ptolemy I, a Greek Macedonian general; its architects Deinokrates and Sostratos of Knidos were both Greeks.

The city’s grid plan was Greek Hippodamian. Ptolemaic colonization which followed might thus be viewed as a Greek phenomenon owning its origin and structure to Greek town planning.

page 106

 

Settlementsof the Ptolemies:City Foundations and New Settlement in the Hellenistic World, Katja Mueller (2006)

Modern Historians about Macedonia – Peter Tsouras

 

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Alexander III was born on 20 July 356 B.C as heir of the Argead dynasty of the kingdom of Macedonia in northeastern Greece. His father, Philip II, was probably the most remarkable Greek military and political figure between Pericles and Alexander himself.

Alexander: Invincible King of Macedonia by Peter G. Tsouras, page 3

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Philip transformed Macedonia from a minor and constantly beleaguered state into the mistress of Hellas and created the magnificent weapon of war – the Macedonian army.

Alexander:Invincible King of Macedonia by Peter G. Tsouras, page 3

 

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The macedonians were Greek in language and blood but did not share the city-state culture of the southern greeks who were quick to lump their cruder kinsmen with barbarians.

“Alexander:Invincible King of Macedonia” by Peter G Tsouras, page 3

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Alexander’s royal ancestors hosted the artistic genious of Greece.

Alexander:Invincible King of Macedonia By Peter G. Tsouras, page 4

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Younger than he,her beauty was already apparent and intoxicating. She was not the typical Greek woman whose glory was never to be spoken of. Red-haired and fiery by nature, she was a woman for whom power was an all-consuming pursuit

Alexander:Invincible King of Macedonia by Peter G. Tsouras,page 19

 

Alexander:Invincible King of Macedonia (Military Profiles) 

Publisher‏:University of Nebraska Press (1 May 2004)

Alexander the Great and His Time - Agnes Savill

 

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Looking round in vain, for a strong Greek leader, he believed that the suitable man was Philip, king of Macedonia, who combined the high qualities of both warrior and statesman.

“Alexander the Great and His Time” By Agnes Savill, page 4

 

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With Philip as Head, the Greek cities became united under a treaty known as the League of Corinth. Only Sparta stood out for independence;

“Alexander the Great and His Time” By Agnes Savill,page 5