Talk:Alexander the Great

Not Greek

Where is this information coming from that he was somehow Greek? He was born to Macedonian parents and was a Prince of Macedon. 22:58, December 6, 2010 (UTC) 70.160.99.253

First, please sign your posts using either four ~'s, or pressing the Signature button. It helps keep track of who is talking. :) Second, Macedon IS in Greece, and was a part of the Greek empire for some period of time. Also, Olympias was from Epirus, another kingdom/region of Greece (near the Albany boarder), not Macedon. -- A Black Rabbit 23:11, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

---What "Greek Empire" are you talking about? The Macedonian one under Alexander?

Actually, there was no such thing as Greek empire then. Just like in italia, they had states in a seperate region. The most know were Macedonia, Athens Sparta Troy( Tria in Greek, the city of the son) and Axaioi, the Greek, i don't know how you call most of these cities in English, i am Greek but i live in US :D

O and yeah alexander, who almost conquered the world then, he was a macedonian, which was one of the most powerfull citys ever existex and he was the best fighter known in the balkans and the mediterranean.

Oh and my signature for my topic about the empire and thge greek cities, ItalianStatesHistory 23:13, February 10, 2011 (UTC)

This quote proves that Alexander is Greek "

• Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves. There are Greek troops, to be sure, in Persian service — but how different is their cause from ours! They will be fighting for pay — and not much of at that; we, on the contrary, shall fight for Greece, and our hearts will be in it. As for our foreign troops — Thracians, Paeonians, Illyrians, Agrianes — they are the best and stoutest soldiers in Europe, and they will find as their opponents the slackest and softest of the tribes of Asia. And what, finally, of the two men in supreme command? You have Alexander, they — Darius!
  • Addressing his troops prior to the Battle of Issus, as quoted in Anabasis Alexandri by Arrian Book II, 7" 76.232.6.215 23:53, February 10, 2011 (UTC)

Ok so there is something wrong on this page. Firstly, shouldn't Alexander have used the sword instead of the staff? Secondly, Alexander III of Macedon is not Greek! What you have read and heard is all Greek lies. Greece did not exist back then, it was not a country, the word "Greece" or "Greek" wasn't invented therefore that quote is incorrect and it is just one of those lies that has been put in the new history books as the old ones were destroyed by the Greeks to ruin Macedonian history. Modern day Greece back then consisted of city states, e.g. Athens and Sparta and they were under the rule of the Macedonian Empire. Where you have said "Macedon IS in Greece", that is the province in Greece which the Greeks named "Macedonia" just to stir more shit and ruin the history of the true Macedonians. The true Macedonia is a REPUBLIC north of Greece, not the province... anyways Alexander the Great was born in Pella, and at the time Pella was a part of MACEDON! It was never Greek until Macedonia got split up into Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria. Plus Alexander's father, Filip II, was a Macedonian and he KILLED Greeks, so he couldn't have been Greek, which means Alexander the Great ISN'T Greek.

P.S. I don't know how to add in a signiture or get notified of replies and I won't be checking back to see if you replied so don't bother writing back, just fix up the mistakes in the page... thanks.