The Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), fought near Chaeronea, in Boeotia, was the greatest victory of Philip II of Macedonia. There, Philip (with 22,000 men) defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece. The battle itself pitted the classical phalanx of the Athenian and Theban confederates against the Macedonian phalanx of Philip. The confederate battle line formed with the Athenians holding the left wing and the Thebans holding the right wing (with the all-important extreme right flank protected by the Sacred Band). Athenians and Thebans occupied the center of the line. In the Macedonian line, Philip commanded the right wing, while Alexander commanded the left wing, together with the best commanders of the king. The famed Companions was situated to the rear of the Macedonian line. Ancient sources tell us that the two sides fought bitterly for a long time. It would appear that Philip deliberately withdrew his troops on the right wing, in order to break up the enemy lines. Most sources are agreed in saying that Alexander was the first to break into the Theban lines, followed by a courageous band (presumably his kinsmen and friends); upon seeing this, Philip urged his forces to attack with great fury and the Athenians — ardent but untrained — were unable to resist his Macedonian veterans. With the rout of the Athenians, the Thebans were left to fight for themselves and crushed. Of the famed 300-strong Sacred Band of Thebes, 254 fell on the field of battle, while 46 were wounded and captured.

The Battle of Chaeronea Macedonian Army: 22,000 Infantry (Phalangists and Light Peltas) 2,000 Cavalry including the Companion Cavalry Greek Army: 300 Thebans Sacred Band 35,000 Infantry (Hoplites and Skirmishers) Casualty: Macedonia lost 3,800 men Greece lost over 5,000 men and 3,000 more captured Legacy: Macedonia was able to gain control of all of the Greek City-States.

Macedonia Vs Greece Battle of Chaeronea 338 B.C.

The Battle of Chaeronea Macedonian Army: 22,000 Infantry (Phalangists and Light Peltas) 2,000 Cavalry including the Companion Cavalry Greek Army: 300 Thebans Sacred Band 35,000 Infantry (Hoplites and Skirmishers) Casualty: Macedonia lost 3,800 men Greece lost over 5,000 men and 3,000 more captured Legacy: Macedonia was able to gain control of all of the Greek City-States.

After a Battle of Chaeronea the Theban Army was destroyed and most of the Theban Sacred Band (the 300 elite troops of Thebes) lay dead. The Athenian Army suffered a large loss as well. Now with hardly any soldiers left to defend central Greece, King Philip II of Macedon sent his 18 year old son Alexander to Athens to negotiate and bring an end to the fighting. Philip offered that in return of pledging allegiance to him and providing him soldiers and financial support for invading Persia, the Greek Poleis (City-State) that fought against him would be spared. The Athenians, shocked by Philip's mercy, quickly agreed to the terms, as did the remainder of the Greek Poleis. www.historyofmacedonia.org LONG LIVE MACEDONIA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA UNITED MACEDONIA

The Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), fought near Chaeronea, in Boeotia, was the greatest victory of Philip II of Macedon.There, Philip (with 32,000 men) defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece. According to Diodorus Siculus, the battle was hotly contested for a long time, until finally Alexander forced his way through the enemy line and put his opponents to flight.[1] More than a thousand Athenians fell in the battle and no less than two thousand were captured.

The part of Robert Rossen's movie 1956 year "Alexander the Great" http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/ Battle of Chaeronea - Beatle beatwean (Athenians) Greeks and Macedonians. After the battle of Heronea (338 BC) the Hellenistic army was defeated and Macedonia estabished hegemony in Greece.

The Battle of Chaeronea 338 BC, fought near Chaeronea, in Boeotia, was the greatest victory of Philip II of Macedon. There, Philip defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes and initiated Macedonian hegemony in Greece.

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Alexander the Great Macedonian spread the Hellenism to the entire world. Greeks are those who have Hellenic ways education language culture ideals heroes and beliefs is not racial criterion (this also said the ancient and today Greeks) All the naming (people places creatures etc) in ancient Macedonia they are Greek terms. Ensample ... Macedon is a Greek word it means (tall people)(makednos=tall, length) Alexander is a Greek compound term, it means (he who wards off other men, defender of men) word element (alex=to ward off, to defend) - (ander=the man) Bucephalus his horse, is a Greek compound term, it means "ox-head" Hephaestion the best friend of Alexander It means in Greek volcano--the fire (Hephaestio=volcano)-(Hephaestus=The god of fire) Ptolemy--Ptolemaios the Great Macedonian general derived from Greek (polemaios) meaning aggressive-warlike Alexander sent to Athens three hundred Persian panoplies to be set up to Athena in the acropolis, he ordered this inscription to be attached: "Alexander, son of Philip and the Greeks save the Lacedaimonians, set up these spoils from the barbarians dwelling in Asia" BBC Documentary, Michael Wood in the footsteps of Alexander the Great Ancient Greek History Alexander the Great was the most Hellenas-Greek than anybody born in the earth until now... Alexander the Great Macedon proves that he was Greek with his acts and reports. Alexandros: "For As Hellenes(Greeks) we should not be slaves to barbarians" Callisthenes of Olynthus 1.15.1-4 All the historians and ancient scripts told about Alexander Aristotle Philip Ptolemy Hephaestion the Macedonians Plato Socrates Pericles Solon Thucydides the Athenians Leonidas Lycurgus Lysander Menelaus the Spartans Hercules Plutarch Pindar Pelopidas Epaminondas the Boeotians Minoans Ariadne the Cretans Agamemnon Iphigeneia the Mycenaean's Achilles Jason Patroclus the Thessalians Hippocrates Asclepius Odysseus Homer Ajax Theseus Pausanias Pythagoras Herodotus Xenophon Democritus Euclid Archimedes and many-many others all were from different places of ancient Greece. All together call their self's Hellenes(Greeks) but every one of them self-reported in additional with the place of their birth, they had the same ways visuals language ideology idols arts names architectures rituals customs traditions myths heroes civilization culture ideals beliefs and anything defines a nation nowadays In order to be Athenian or Macedonian or Spartan or etc. you have all the previous characteristics (you are Greek) Alexander Macedonians Greece Europe Asia Africans Aegean East Egyptians Indians Pakistan Iraq Iran Arabia Babylon Persepolis Alexandria Library Lebanon Syria Israel Hebrew Palestine Siwa Nile Mediterranean Romans Armenians Bactrians Scythians Tehran Kurdistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Chaeronea Gaugamela Issus Tyre educations Myths religions Legends Battles deaths tombs mounted horses rides bestrides elephants javelins legions army armies music honors glory prestige Conquests campaigns Expeditions Covers Tourneys Tilts Soldiers Warriors Weapons Phalanxes ancestry Spear descents Hellenism Empires Generations genealogy flags lineages Kingdoms Omen charges Oracles Origins family stocks nations Symbols vestiges enemies enemy races hostiles rush Bloods Royals Literatures Imperials Gordian knots Thebans Hellenistic years Hellenism Pella Vergina Stars Epirus Illyrians Macedon Thebes Ionians Doric Olympians Gods Zeus Amyntas Phillip Darius Bucephalus Iliad Troy Cleopatra Cyrus Xerxes Darius Roxanne Roxana Porus

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READ CAREFULLY: PROVE: English translation: While Philip was making an expedition against Byzantium,Alexander, though only sixteen years of age, was left behind as regent in Macedonia and keeper of the royal seal, and during this time he subdued the rebellious Maedi, and after taking their city, drove out the Barbarians, settled there a mixed population, and named the city Alexandropolis.He was also present at Chaeroneia and took part in the battle AGAINST the HELLENS=GREEKS,and he is said to have been the first to break the ranks of the Sacred Band of the Thebans. And even down to our own day there was shown an ancient oak by the Cephisus, called Alexander's oak, near which at that time he pitched his tent; and the general sepulchre of the Macedonians is not far away.In consequence of these exploits, then, as was natural, Philip was excessively fond of his son, so that he even rejoiced to hear the Macedonians call Alexander their king, but Philip their general. -Plutarch,(Alexander) in Ancient greek: Φιλίππου δὲ στρατεύοντος ἐπὶ Βυζαντίους, ἦν μὲν ἑκκαιδεκέτης ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος, ἀπολειφθεὶς δὲ κύριος ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ τῆς σφραγῖδος, Μαίδων τε τοὺς ἀφεστῶτας κατεστρέψατο, καὶ πόλιν ἑλὼν αὐτῶν, τοὺς μὲν βαρβάρους ἐξήλασε, συμμείκτους δὲ κατοικίσας, Ἀλεξανδρόπολιν προσηγόρευσεν.Ἐν δὲ Χαιρωνείᾳ τῆς πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας μάχης παρὼν μετέσχε, καὶ λέγεται πρῶτος ἐνσεῖσαι τῷ ἱερῷ λόχῳ τῶν Θηβαίων. ἔτι δὲ καὶ καθ' ἡμᾶς ἐδείκνυτο παλαιὰ παρὰ τὸν Κηφισὸν Ἀλεξάνδρου καλουμένη δρῦς, πρὸς ἣν τότε κατεσκήνωσε, καὶ τὸ πολυάνδριον οὐ πόρρω τῶν Μακεδόνων ἐστίν. ἐκ μὲν οὖν τούτων ὡς εἰκὸς Φίλιππος ὑπερηγάπα τὸν υἱόν, ὥστε καὶ χαίρειν τῶν Μακεδόνων Ἀλέξανδρον μὲν βασιλέα, Φίλιππον δὲ στρατηγὸν καλούντων.-Πλούταρχος,(Αλέξανδρος) Mestrius Plutarch (cz. 46-ca. post 127) He was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist.Born in the small town of Chaeronea, in the Greek region known as Boeotia, probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius, Plutarch travelled widely in the Mediterranean world, including twice to Rome. He had a number of influential Roman friends, including Soscius Senecio and Fundanus, both important Senators, to whom some of his later writings were dedicated. He lived most of his life at Chaeronea, and was initiated into the mysteries of the Greek god Apollo. However his duties as the senior of the two priests of Apollo at the Oracle of Delphi (where he was responsible for interpreting the auguries of the Pythia or priestess/oracle) apparently occupied little of his time - he led a most active social and civic life and produced an incredible body of writings, much of which is still extant.

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"Modern Greeks are direct descendents of the Ancient Greeks" (The greatest victims of Greek lies are the Greeks themselves) How can a region in the Balkans where modern Greece is located today, which has been open to a multitude of invasions, conquests and settlements, remain homogeneous and untouched for two thousand seven hundred years? Ironically, as the Greeks claim, how can modern Macedonia, a region neighbouring modern Greece be so heterogeneous that it has completely lost its original identity? These are questions that every Greek should be asking! Ever since Philip II of Macedonia conquered the ancient City States at the conclusion of the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, the region south of Olympus has been without borders and open to all kinds of invasions and barbarian settlements. www.historyofmacedonia.org

The ancient Macedonians were a distinct nation, separate from their neighbors, the ancient Greeks, Illyrians, and Thracians. The ancient Greek and Roman historians tell us that the Macedonians spoke a separate Macedonian language and had their own customs, culture, and traditions. Archeological discoveries confirm that the material culture of the Macedonians also defer greatly from all their neighbors, and it is by far more superior in artistry (gold, paintings, weapons, mosaics) then anything found in contemporary Greece, Illyria, and Thrace. The texts of the ancient writers distinguish the Macedonians from the ancient Greeks, just like they distinguish the Romans and the Carthaginians Macedonia became a world power when the Macedonian king Philip II conquered Thrace, greater part of Illyria, and the whole of Greece (except Sparta). At the battle of Chaeronea in 338, the Macedonian army destroyed the united Greek army, and put an end to Greek freedom and ancient Greek history. To secure the Macedonian conquest, Macedonian garrisons were established in the Greek cities, just like they were established in Thrace and Illyria. Alexander the Great (336-323 BC), Philip II's son took the Macedonian armies even further and conquered the Persian Empire, making Macedonia the largest and most powerful nation in the world for centuries to come. In his army next to the Macedonians, he utilized also troops from the Balkan nations that his father Philip II conquered - Greeks, Illyrians, and Thracians. The Greeks in the Macedonian army however were commanded by Macedonians Greeks never stopped fighting the Macedonians. While Alexander was conquering Persia with his 25-30,000 Macedonians, more then 50,000 Greeks actually fought on the side of the Persians against the Macedonians (Curtius). The Macedonians slaughtered 18,000 of them in the first battle and sent 2,000 to forced labor in Macedonia (Arrian). After Alexander died the Macedonian general Pithon massacred 23,000 more in a single battle when the Greeks revolted in Bactria (Diodorus). The Greeks nevertheless continued raising rebellion after rebellion against the Macedonians to free Greece from the foreign occupation. All successors of Alexander the Great fought them, and the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas fought three Greek uprising who unified against the "barbarous Macedonians" (Diodorus, Plutarch, Justin). In 1913 Greece and her allies Serbia and Bulgaria, devided Macedonia in 1913 in Bcharest on three parts.Aegean,Pirin and Vardar Macedonia.(Present republic of Macedonia) since 1913 Greece begun its assimilatory policies against the Macedonians, changing their family names to Greek names, renaming the cities, rivers, and mountains with Greek names, and forbidding the speaking of the Macedonian language. Today, as we enter the 21st century, the Macedonians of Greece continue to be harassed and discriminated by the Greek government, 87 years since Greece took over Aegean Macedonia. The Macedonian language is still not recognized, the Macedonian nationality is still denied, and the Macedonians are still forced to have Greek family names, because having a Macedonian name Greece considers illegal. Human Rights Watch (Denying Ethnic Identity - Macedonians of Greece), Amnesty International, and the European Community have the Greek oppression of the Macedonians well documented, found Greece guilty, and demanded that it recognize the Macedonian language and nation and end its oppression. Macedonia United for Macedonians United

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Some Greeks believe Macedonia was liberated in 1912, 1913 Risto Stefov October 31, 2008 Excerpt: "If the Greek State truly valued the thinking and methods of Socrates they would question themselves and their actions" Dedo Kire Close to a century ago in 1912 under the guise of liberation, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria invaded Macedonia and with the help of the Macedonian people, evicted the Turks. But instead of helping the Macedonian people create their own independent State, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria occupied Macedonian territories and fought one another each to gain more land for themselves. Then in 1913 they partitioned Macedonia into three pieces under the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest. After placing artificial borders where such borders never existed before, each State treated its newly acquired territory as its own and began to colonize it. Those inhabitants who refused to recognize their new overlords were exterminated or evicted; those who remained passive were assimilated. This process was halted due to World War I but was resumed after the 1919 Treaty of Versailles when the Great Powers with minor changes sanctioned the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest making the partition permanent. These are historic facts that cannot be denied. One only needs to examine events during the signing of the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest to understand the conditions under which Macedonia was partitioned. Some Greeks today, ignoring historical evidence, insist that the 1912, 1913 Balkan conflict was about liberating ancient territories that belonged to Greece some 2, 400 years ago. If that were true then; 1. Why did Greece agreed to sign the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest allowing Serbia to gain some 38% of Macedonia´s territory and Bulgaria 11%? Why did Greece NOT demand, at least for the record, historical rights while signing the Treaty? 2. On what basis are these claims made? By now it should be well known to every Greek that there was no "Ancient Greece" or "Ancient Hellas". If you don´t believe me then try and find an ancient source or an ancient map that speaks of or shows "Greece" or "Hellas". How can Macedonian territories belong to "Ancient Greece" when such a name did not exist in ancient times? 3. If the word "Greece" or "Hellas" did not exist 2,400 years ago, how then can modern Greeks claim that "Macedonia was Greek"? Was it not the Macedonians, Philip II and his son Alexander III who conquered the City States during the Battle of Chaeronea in 336 BC? Or do some Greeks still believe Philip II and Alexander III united the Ancient City States?

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great In this award winning adventure Micheal Wood embarks on a 2000 mile journey in the foot steps of Alexander's triumphal march from Greece to India. Travelling with Lebanese traders, Iranian pilgrims and Afghan guerillas, by jeep, train, boat, camel and on foot, he interweaves the momentous events of the past with present day reality and brings us new insights into a man whose myth and acheivements still resonate down the centuries "We saw things I can scarcely believe. We took shelter for the night with an Afghan warlord who had delivered pizzas in the United States, and were hauled off to jail more than once. It was one of the great experiences of my life" - Michael Wood In May 334, Alexander invaded Asia. The first town he reached was Troy, where he brought sacrifices to the homeric heroes. The Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea, describes the events in section 15 of his Life of Alexander. Alexander went up to Troy, sacrificed to Athena and poured a libation to the heroes. At the tomb of Achilles, after anointing himself with oil and taking part in a race naked with his Companions, as is the custom, he deposited crowns and remarked how fortunate Achilles was to have had a faithful friend while he was alive and a great herald of his fame after his death. While he was going sightseeing about the town someone asked him whether he wanted to see the lyre of Alexander [i. e. Paris]; he replied that he was not interested in that one, but was looking for the lyre of Achilles, to which he used to sing the glorious deeds of brave heroes.

http://www.putfile.com/kozabashia Forums: Go and post the truth about Macedonia and the Macedonians http://www.network54.com/Forum/68071/ http://www.network54.com/Forum/80073/ http://www.network54.com/Forum/80774/ http://www.network54.com/Forum/128130/ http://www.network54.com/Forum/149447/ http://www.network54.com/Forum/71813/ http://www.network54.com/Forum/71807/ Macedonian web sites http://members.tripod.com/giorgi10/ http://www.oshchima.com/index.htm The Macedonians The ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish historians, geographers, and orators, speak of the Macedonians as distinct nation, separate from their Greek, Thracian, and Illyrian neighbors. They are clear that Macedonia was never part of Greece and that the Macedonians conquered Greece, Thrace, and Illyria, and kept the Greeks, Thracians, and Illyrians enslaved, until Rome defeated the Macedonian armies and turned the country into its first province in 168 BC. The assertion of those modern historians that propagate that the Macedonians "were Greeks" which have "united" Greece, is absurd and is completely unsupported by the words of the ancients who clearly considered Greece subjected by the Macedonian foreigners. The Macedonians garrisoned the Greek cities (like the Thracian and Illyrian cities) to enforce their occupation, and later used the Greeks (along with equal numbers of the Thracians and Illyrians) for their conquest of Persia. The ancient Greeks did not regard the Macedonians as Greeks, nor the Macedonians regarded themselves to be Greek. They were proud of their Macedonian nationality and way of life, and looked down upon the Greeks and with contempt. The Greeks called them barbarians, along with the Persians, Illyrians, and Thracians, a label that they attributed to all non-Greeks who neither spoke nor understood the Greek language. Alexander's Macedonian Army was not a "Greek army" as some modern writers have erroneously claimed, nor the Macedonian conquest of Asia was a "Greek conquest". The fact is that not one ancient writer has called the Macedonian empire "Greek" or the Macedonian army and conquest "Greek", but specifically Macedonian. When Rome clashed with Macedonia, the Macedonians were ordered by the Romans to evacuate from the whole of Greece and withdraw to Macedonia. They were hated by the Greeks ever since Philip II defeated the Greeks at Chaeronea in 338 BC and brought Greece to its kneel, and the Greeks fought fiercely, first on the side of the Persians and later on the side of the Romans to expel the Macedonians from their country. Too late would they realize that the Macedonian occupation would only be replaced by the Roman. In between the Greeks fought many unsuccessful wars against the Macedonians to drive them out of Greece, among which the Lamian War is the most famous. It should be noted that the Lamian War was triggered by the death of Alexander the Great, which encouraged the Greeks to rebel.