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2.2 Roman Macedonia, Macedonia as an administrative term and a name of a province

The Roman conquest of ancient Macedon in 168 BC put an end to the Antigonid dynasty and to the existence of Macedon as an independent political entity. After an initial, semi-autonomous phase, the entire land of ancient Macedon and much of the territories of its allies in Greece were lumped together in a large province …

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2.3 The name Macedonia in the Middle Ages, Macedonia as a Byzantine theme

The Balkan Peninsula has shared the faith of most of Roman Europe at the end of Antiquity. By the beginning of the 7th century at latest, the entire Balkan Peninsula, including most of Greece was populated by various Slavic tribes. Only the larger, fortified cities along the Aegean, the Ionian and the Adriatic coasts remained …

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2.4 Macedonia in the Ottoman and the early Modern periods, the name returns to its old home

By the end of the 14th century Byzantine authority was disappearing from the Balkan Peninsula for the last time. In fact, already by the mid 14th century, the land of the Byzantine theme Macedonia was in the hands of the Serbian king and emperor Dushan. When the Ottomans entered Thrace and the valley of the …

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3.1 National symbols

In nationalism people recognize themselves as a part of a group and the group in which they belong, as different from other groups. Nationalism is based on the shared reading of certain symbols. There is no symbol that has as a “natural” property something national. Every property of a symbol acquires a distinctive value (positive …

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3.2 The Vergina sun and the Greek feta cheese

The national symbols seem timeless or such is the desire of dominance and up to a point it has achieved it. However how timeless is the Vergina sun? We will not focus on the form of the symbol itself; we will examine its semiotic value and what it produces, considering a threshold its numerous appearing …

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3.3 Find Fillip

Everyone sometime in his or her life has heard that the Vergina sun has been found on the golden larnax of Tomb II that according to M. Andronikos was Fillip II’s. What would be different if this tomb was not Fillip’s, and Fillip’s tomb was the next one, Tomb I, which long ago has been …

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3.4 The “Greatness” of Alexander the Great or Why Should We (Not) Appreciate Him?

In both countries Alexander the Great is widely appreciated as one of the most important historical figures in their own national histories. And a lot of people in both countries are proud that Alexander the Great was of same nationality as they are. But, why we should appreciate him? This important question is rarely asked.Is …

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4.1 Republic of Macedonia: Nationalism and all it conceals

Last year Republic of Macedonia has celebrated 20 years of independence, but in reality there is nothing to celebrate. First of all we must mention that the statehood itself is not a least reason for any kind of celebration at all. Even though independence is a big word and an independent state can sound appealing, …

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4.2 Greece: The Macedonian issue in the framework of contemporary social reality

Ιn this part we will refer to the connections between the political condition in Greece and the rise of contemporary Greek nationalism. This will be done in relation with the so called “Macedonian issue” but also there will be a more general talk on other aspects of Greek nationalism. At first we should say that …

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The Gemidjii: the Anarchists that Thundered Thessaloniki

The Gemidjii (the Boatmen)65 are an interesting and not so insignificant part of the liberation struggle from the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s. They were a group of young anarchists of Slavic origin who in April 1903, during four days, made several attacks against the property of the European capitalists in Thessaloniki. Their goal …

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