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- Seleucos, Hetairoi Commander
- Nearchus (Cretan), Fleet Commander
- Eumenes of Cardia, secretary of Phillip & infantry commander
- Craterus, infantry & naval commander
- Antipater, adviser of Philip, Regent of Macedon & General of Greece
- Meleager, infantry commander
Hades and Persephone in a four-horse chariot.
Painting from the back of a marble throne found inside the Tomb of Eurydice in Macedonia, Greece. ~ 340 BCE
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"My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambitions.
Macedon is too small for you." - Phillip to 10 yr old Alexander
Today is that day! I am happy to provide for you a small space where you can study science, mathematics, the stars and anything you desire
Onwards!
Meet Palla: Sisterly Trio from the Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem game. Trio of Macedonian sisters who dream of one day flying alongside Princess Minerva as members of the Whitewings. #FEHeroes
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Scholars debate whether Philip’s Companions also had a small shield like the pelta of his Macedonian infantrymen. Whether this is the case or not, it appears they discarded it by the time of Alexander’s crossing into Asia in 334 BC
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Each Macedonian soldier of Philip II would have to carry arms and armour, rations, utensils, blankets, road-building tools, medical supplies, a thirty-day supply of flour and any personal possessions in a backpack. Altogether this weighed c.40kg
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@Irongear71 Balkanization occured not because of the fall of the Ottoman Empire after WWI, but because they couldn't see eye to eye on each other's fetishes. Honestly surprised that Serbia and Macedonia can even come to an agreement like this.
Titova "Rdeča armada" Narodno oslobodilačka vojska "osvobodil Beograd, Macedonio, Črno goro, Dalmacijo, Srbojo in Vojvodino ter preko Hrvatske prinaša svobodo tudi nam!" Izvor: Digitalna knjižnica Slovenije https://t.co/Hec49gDe9b
Vesna Delevska, artist from Skopje, Macedonia, currently residing in St.Louis, MO, Nearness
Vesna Delevska, artist from Skopje, Macedonia, currently residing in St.Louis, MO, Invitation
“Alexander prayed for various blessings & especially that the Macedonians & Persians should enjoy harmony as partners in government.”
-Arrian 7.2.
“...the accursed Evil Spirit...in order to make men doubtful of this religion, instigated the accursed Alexander...”
-Arda Wiraz 1-17
Meet Est: Springtime Flier from the #FireEmblem: Mystery of the Emblem game. Youngest of the three Pegasus Sisters from Macedon. She's come to the spring festival as a bunny, just like her sisters. #FEHeroes
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By 323 BC the number of Asian battalions in Alexander the Great's army far outnumbered the Macedonian contingents in size and strength. Among them were some of the finest cavalrymen in the whole of Asia, hailing from noble Oriental families
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