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Do people read here?

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"Since they speak the same language, they should end their disputes by means of heralds or messengers..." (Herodotos, The histories 7.9.2)read that book... it helps you understand...faq.macedonia.com is not literature...
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Yes, some of us do read here, and we read the header at the top of the forum page which says:This moderated forum is for discussion of Alexander the Great. Inappropriate posts will be deleted without warning. Examples of inappropriate posts are: The Greek/Macedonian debate . . .
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Skewered it like a souvlaki "Amyntoros"!Paralus.
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Wicked men, you sin against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander.

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Men of Athens... I am myself Hellene by descent, I am Alexander of Macedon." (Herodotus, The Histories, 9.45)
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Touche folks! Bravo.
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The Kalash, Macedonians in Pakistan, believed to be
descendants of Alexander's army, are not related to the modern Greeks.Y-Chromosomal DNA Variation in Pakistan
Overall, no support for a Greek origin of their Y chromosomes was found, but
this conclusion does require the assumption that modern Greeks are
representative of Alexander's armies.http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl ... tid=447589
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