Alexander the Great was Macedonian or Greek, how you learn in History?
2007-09-04 07:21:08 · 8 answers · asked by Denicia 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
In this link Macedonians are refered dinstict from Greek, not only Greek, wroten is Macedonians and Greeks:
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-22340/Egypt-ancient
2007-09-08 22:30:13 · update #1
Alexander was born in Macedonian. Both cultures take pride in Alexander being one of theirs though. All of my professors have referred to him exclusively as a Macedonian though.
2007-09-04 09:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by dolceserendipity 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some one is right here in saying that Greece means Athens.
But Greeks means Macedonian as well as a race. For they spoke the same language as did Athenians.
2007-09-11 00:01:05 · answer #2 · answered by Harihara S 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
in Alexander's time Macedonia was a kingdom completely different from Athens - or what we call Greece.
So, Alexander was Macedonian, not Greek
2007-09-08 12:30:46 · answer #3 · answered by me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alexander was the son of Philip of Macedonia, who was asked by Greece to become the head of their armed forces. i believe his title was captain-general. this made Alexander a Macedonian. upon the death of his father( some say it was patricide) Alexander assumed the title and command that Philip had held. this, i suppose gave him dual citizenship. is that clear enough?
2007-09-11 07:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by Loren S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My brother-in-law ( who is Greek ) is adamant that Alexander
did in fact come from Greece but admits that the geography and borders of countries then were dramatically different from those of today.
2007-09-04 10:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Macedonia was in Greece. So I suppose that makes him Greek.
2007-09-04 07:37:26 · answer #6 · answered by Bern_CH 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He was born in Macedon, which is a part of ancient Greece. So he is both.
2007-09-10 12:36:23 · answer #7 · answered by irish_elf7 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He's an earthling, what's the big deal anyway....
2007-09-11 17:11:15 · answer #8 · answered by bel c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋