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Macedonians (Greek: Μακεδόνες, Makedónes), also known as Greek Macedonians or Macedonian Greeks, are a regional and historical population group of ethnic Greeks, inhabiting or originating from the Greek region of Macedonia, in Northern Greece.
With Philip's conquest of Greece, Greeks and Macedonians enjoyed privileges at the royal court, and there was no social distinction among his court hetairoi, although Philip's armies were only ever led by Macedonians. The process of Greek and Macedonian syncretism culminated during the reign of Alexander the Great, and he allowed other Greeks ...
Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Μακεδονία, romanized: Makedonía, pronounced [maceðoˈni.a] ⓘ) is a geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans.
Basil I the Macedonian (811–886, ruled 867–886), founder of the Macedonian dynasty, born in Macedonia (theme) Nikephoros Bryennios (1062–1137), general, statesman, historian Michael and Andreas Palaiologos (1342–1350), leaders of the Zealots' regime of Thessalonica
The ethnic Macedonians in Greece have faced difficulties from the Greek government in their ability to self-declare as members of a "Macedonian minority" and to refer to their native language as "Macedonian". [260] Since the late 1980s there has been an ethnic Macedonian revival in Northern Greece, mostly centering on the region of Florina. [263]
Philip II of Macedon (Thrice Olympic Winner), 356 BC Horse Race, 352 BC Tethrippon, 348 BC two-colt chariot, Synoris 344 BC Tethrippon Panathenaics [ 5 ] Archon of Pella 334–332 BC Horse race Isthmian and Pythian Games
Macedonians in Greece may refer to: Macedonians (Greeks) , regional group inhabiting or originating from the region of Macedonia , in Northern Greece . For what is termed ethnic Macedonians in Greece , see Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia .
Thrace and eastern Macedonia were occupied (1941–44) by Bulgaria, which sided with the Axis Powers. The occupation ruined the Greek economy and brought about terrible hardships for the Greek civilian population. [1] At the same time the Greek Resistance was formed in Macedonia as well as in the rest of Greece.