How To Use Macedon In A Sentence

There was no reason that Athens at 338 B.C. needed to lose to Philip of Macedon at the battle of Chaironeia, or even that the loss there meant the end of the freedom of the Greek city-states.
What can be said of the kingdom of Thrace, set up by the Gauls who had ravaged Macedonia, or of the kingdoms of Pontus, of Bythnia, of Pergamum and of Syria, founded by adventurers after the battle of Ipsus in 301 B.C.? Élie Ducommun - Nobel Lecture
After the triumph followed the faire Parthenopeian _Leria_, with a lawrell crowne, accompanied with _Melanthia_, whose habites and voices represented the pride of Greece, [A] whereupon the great Macedon rested his head: She bare a splendent lampe, communicating the light thereof with hir companion, then the rest more excellent both in voice and song. Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame
The President noted that the FYROM is a model of stability in a very turbulent region of the world -- the FYROM being the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry
The ONLY connection, is that the land currently being called FYROM was once part of a greater region which ancient Macedonians lived in. SofiaEcho RSS feed

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Reliable information on blood lead levels from many parts of Europe is lacking but studies from Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) suggest that average exposure levels in children may be high. Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6
1When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said good-by and set out for Macedonia.
The Macedonian's mizzenmast was gone, her main and foretopmasts carried away, her main yard cut in two, and her ensign had disappeared.
It is also necessary to visit the hypaethral museum of Macedonian Fight in the Mpourino, near the village Chromio.
Macedonians, [352] 278; apparent discrepance of the two Epistles explained, [353] 288; the second, gentler, [354] 295; loved by Paul more than other churches, [355] 296; estranged from the incestuous person, NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
Thraco-Phrygian peoples who had overrun the Balkans, occupied Thrace and Macedonia, and crossed into Asia Minor. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
Darren O'Dea was the third competitive debutant to start against Macedonia and he was praised for his handling of Goran Pandev. Giovanni Trapattoni declares Ireland will finish top of their group
Before the Macedonian conqueror passed away, he left detailed funeral instructions, including - among other things - that he be embalmed in honey through a process known as "mellification. NPR Topics: News
But while other favourites Macedonia, Georgia and Bolivia, are pulling in the money, it's peanuts compared with Miss Ireland, he said.
Unprettily dubbed FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), it's not recognised as a state by neighbouring Greece because of the name issue - mention the word Macedonia to a Greek and they will instantly froth at the mouth. Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk
Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
Alexander had thousands of Macedonian and allied soldiers surrounding Thebes including, as Arrian emphasizes, contingents from Plataea, Orchomenus, and Thespiae—three nearby cities that had suffered severely at the hands of the Theban army in the past. Alexander the Great
The Macedonian army climbed out of the deserts and over the high Elburz Mountains towards a semi-tropical paradise full of fig trees, grapevines, and fields of grain. Alexander the Great
Macedonia repeated her performance of yesterday, "hogging" the sea by dropping her line of boats in advance of ours and across our course. Chapter 25
Macedonian and ethnic Albanian politicians tussled over future policing at talks yesterday as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce.
The republic's new flag was emblazoned with the ancient symbol of the Greek Macedonian dynasty.
You know, I went to Macedonia and sat down with their government and negotiated opening up that corder. CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2008
Benjamin Haskell, 24, was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for his role in torching the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield, Mass. Hate-crimes enforcement on rise, reflecting administration priorities
Currency: the denar, which was adopted by the Macedonian legislature 26 April The 1994 CIA World Factbook
And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report
What tends strongly to confirm this view, that the buckler was the model for the coin, is the fact that for a long time Macedonian coins were finished upon the obverse, in imitation of the national shield. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
Macedonia has research institutes dealing with geology, natural history, cotton, animal breeding, tobacco, animal husbandry, and water development.
Aristotle was born at Stagira, a Greek colony on the Macedonian coast of modern Salonica, in 384 BC.
RIO Ferdinand has been cleared to link up with the England squad for their Euro 2008 double-header with Andorra and Macedonia.
That of the Mohammedans, who make him an eminent angel, and sometimes say it is Gabriel; which, being traduced from the Macedonians of old, hath found some defenders and promoters in our days. Pneumatologia
In the early 1990s, post-Tito Yugoslavia began to unravel along ethnic lines: Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were recognized as independent states in 1992.
In the years after independence, Macedonia launched a clamp-down on cigarette smuggling.
The republic's new flag was emblazoned with the ancient symbol of the Greek Macedonian dynasty.
One of their number, an old Macedonian cavalryman named Callines, came forward to speak for the men. Alexander the Great
The 11 competitors from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia tend to be tagged with the soulless acronym FYROM because their country's proper name is such a mouthful -- and Greece jealously reserves the name Macedonia for its north-central administrative region. Happy Just To Be Here
The maritime country which we now call Macedonia was conquered and formed into a kingdom by Alexander the father of Perdiccas and his ancestors the Temenidae, who originally came from Argos. 59 They defeated and drove out of Pieria the Pierians, who afterwards settled in Phagres and other places at the foot of Mount Pangaeus, beyond the Strymon; the land which lies under Mount Pangaeus towards the sea is still called the Pierian vale. The History of the Peloponnesian War
Schuster authored two books on Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and is fluent in his native Serbian/Croatian, English and Russian, with proficiency in Slovak, Macedonian and San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal
In his third effort to convince the Athenians of the threat from Macedonia, Demosthenes finally won some support and was appointed admiral of the Athenian fleet.
Her antecedents were the rancorous, meddlesome Macedonian queens who routinely poisoned brothers and sent armies against sons. Elizabeth Debold: Divine Feminine Alert
They stand on battlements in places of great importance to us: on Israel's border, and Iraq's, in the Mediterranean between two NATO allies, in Europe on the border of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to deter a wider Balkan conflict, and in the Caribbean. Letter To Congress On Funds For Un Peacekeeping
The Communist party encouraged the renewal of Macedonian cultural life, promoting the Macedonian language and restoring the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
The other three channels start from Bulgaria, conveying women and girls to Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, Holland and Belgium.
For centuries, it has played out: the Greeks warred with the Macedonians much as the Chinese now oppress the Tibetans, and the Hutus fight the Tsutsi.
The Consultative Council on National Security was due yesterday to discuss Macedonia - as Bulgaria's western neighbour lingered on the brink of declaring a state of war.
Acts 19:29 And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theater, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus of Macedonia, Paul's traveling companions.
England boss Steve McClaren is hopeful Ferdinand will be fit to face Macedonia next Wednesday.
Sheep breeding is the main object of livestock farming, and Macedonians hold dear their exquisite sheep's milk yoghurt, ovcho kiselo mleko, especially that made by shepherds in alpine submontane dairies.
Instead of requiring the actor to disguise it, the director forces every other performer essaying a Greek or Macedonian role to have an Irish brogue.
Macedonian is not meant (2Co 9: 4) probably the same as was sent before with Titus (2Co 12: 18); and therefore sent from Ephesus, and probably an Ephesian: all this is true of Trophimus. oftentimes ... in many things -- Join and translate as in the Greek, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
As protectors of the European heritage which has flourished for centuries, European Union parliamentarians should be ashamed of forcing Macedonia, a state which in the past has done so much for Europe, to accept a farcical name like "FYROM". WN.com - Financial News
The Greek government's sustained veto over recognition of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia infuriated its partners.
The Persian plan was to use the scythed chariots—deadly vehicles with blades attached to their wheels—first to tear through the enemy and throw the lines into confusion, opening their own hole in the Macedonian army. Alexander the Great
Just before the messenger arrived, Philip II, king of Macedonia, had captured the town. Alexander the Great
During the past hundred years, ever since the pashalic of Belgrade became free from the Turks, thousands of Macedonians have come up into Serbia for education and a life. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers
The pairs of collocutors will be from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia.
I lay in the arms of a man dressed in the Macedonian army corselet and tunic I knew so well.
But to the average non-Macedonian, that is almost incomprehensible. И сонцето е ѕвезда
Events in Greece during Alexander's Asian expedition show how closely the history of the Greek city-state under Macedonian overlordship related to the history of the classical city-state.
Our Ambassador to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has been directly involved in discussions back and forth between the Kosovo Albanians and the Belgrade authorities. Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry
In Armenian traditions, the fire and lightning god had powers to stay the dragon's control of the heavens, as could thunderbolts in Macedonian myth.
As praetor 148, he was sent to Macedonia, probably with proconsular status, and remained until 146, defeating Andriscus and perhaps another pretender.
The republic's new flag was emblazoned with the ancient symbol of the Greek Macedonian dynasty.
The shirts will then be distributed to some of the most impoverished areas of the Macedonian capital.
Imagine the face of Philip or Alexander at hearing of a Primer of Macedonian Literature!
Macedonia's Muslim Albanians, a quarter of the population, are also griping.
(named from Philip of Macedonia), a city of Macedonia about nine miles from the sea, to the northwest of the island of Thasos which is twelve miles distant from its port Neapolis, the modern Smith's Bible Dictionary
He knew that Swidler and I were involved in Jewish-Christian-Muslim trialogues and had asked us to organize such a meeting in Macedonia, where no such dialogues had taken place.
A Roman tribune gathered twenty maniples from the rear lines of the Roman right wing and led them in an attack on the flank of the Macedonian right.
Item ad diuisionem Thraciæ et Macedoniæ sunt duo mirabiliter alti montes, vnus Olympus, alter Athos, cuius vltimi vmbra oríente sole apparet ad 76. miliaria, vsque in insulam The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Currently, the top ten in the ‘People's Choice’ category are Misses Albania, Australia, Brazil, India, Macedonia, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Thailand and Venezuela.
But under Article 11 of the UN Interim Agreement signed between them in 1995, Athens has committed not to object to Skopje's application to join any "international, multilateral and regional organisations and institutions" of which Greece is part, provided that it applies under the provisional name foreseen in the deal - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia EUobserver.com - Headline News
Modest EU missions have been sent to Macedonia, Bosnia and the Congo.
He portrayed the one-eyed Antigonus (King of Macedonia 306-301 BC) in three-quarter view to hide the defect.
Olynthus: Greek city on the Chalcidic peninsula to the east of Macedonia destroyed by Philip in 348 after it intrigued with Athens against him. Alexander the Great
Following closely on the Dutchmen's heels are the Czech Republic, who remain one point behind following a resounding 6-1 drubbing of Macedonia.
In fact, a key element of the Hellenic liberation of historic Macedonia and its union with Greece was the loyalty shown by those Orthodox Macedonians who spoke a language they called po nashi ( "our own"). American Chronicle
2 Meanwhile the auxiliaries of the Potidaeans from Olynthus, which is about seven miles off, and in sight of Potidaea, when the battle began and the signals were raised, advanced a little way to render assistance; and the Macedonian horse formed against them to prevent it. THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES
Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
Missiles launched from catapults in the hills above, javelins thrown by Persian soldiers, and arrows from thousands of archers fell like rain on the Macedonians as they tried to clamber up the snow-covered cliffs to get at the defenders. Alexander the Great
The appellation of Roumelia, which is still bestowed by the Turks on the extensive countries of Thrace, Macedonia, and Greece, preserves the memory of their ancient state under the Roman empire. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
It was then that Alexander was seized with a longing, a pothos, in Greek, to cross the river into lands no Macedonian had ever trod. Alexander the Great
The term "philippic" comes from the Ancient Greek days when Demosthenes used to get up and yell about how terrible Philip of Macedon was -- and how he always threw his arms around procedure and stall, stall, stalled and then voted no, and wouldn't sit. Rep. Weiner: Sit!
After the Milosevic government was unseated, these Albanian fighters moved on to Macedonia, where the territories bordering Kosovo are also mainly populated by ethnic Albanians.
LIVY mentions it as one of the prodigies which were to be "expiated" on the approach of a rupture with Macedon, that "in Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
Macedonia, once part of the Yugoslav federation, is now independent.
The Romans entered Macedonia, and the Macedonian phalanx fought its last battle on unfavourable ground at Pydna, on the morrow of the lunar eclipse in June 168.
Instead the Macedonians took the shorter path down the coast past Mount Carmel, then on to Joppa, where Jonah reportedly took ship before being swallowed by a great fish. Alexander the Great
That didn't stop the Macedonians claiming it or credulous journalists believing them or readers accepting what they had been told as the truth.
Some say it was established in Thessaloniki (this is the official version, thus supporting its "Macedonian" - ness). Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
The Macedonian phalanx was Philip's creation, extended by Alexander.
It is also necessary to visit the hypaethral museum of Macedonian Fight in the Mpourino, near the village Chromio.
But it was the mountain Macedonians—from the upland regions of Pelagonia, Lyncestis, Orestis, Elimiotis, and Pieria around Mount Olympus—who for countless generations had fought against the wolves, bears, and human predators that threatened their flocks. Alexander the Great
Macedon but in the Peninsula, namely the Minho, which probably got its denomination from that race cognate to the Cumry, the Gael, who were the first colonisers of the Peninsula, and whose generic name yet stares us in the face and salutes our ears in the words Galicia and Portugal. Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery
Corinth should complete the work of collecting which he had already begun there, lest ye, the wealthy people of Corinth, should be outdone in liberality by the poor Macedonians. as he had begun -- Greek, "previously begun," namely, the collection at Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
It was the first Macedonian setback after the siege of Halicarnassus , and the last Persian success.
The 4th-century BC staters of Phillip II and Alexander III of Macedon provided the prototypes for coins in Europe which developed their own sequence based on the use of Celtic arts and local designs.
In the future the Park with the western Rhodope mountains could become part of a trans-boundary reserve with Greece, Macedonia and Albania, a plan supported by OECD and Council of Europe funding. Pirin National Park, Bulgaria
From 330 his status was displayed in his court dress, which combined the traditional Macedonian hat and cloak with the Persian diadem, tunic, and girdle.
She is believed to have negotiated a highly profitable oil deal with the Nabatean Arabs, and she was the only member of the ruling Macedonian Greek elite who knew how to read hieroglyphs; she also spoke many foreign languages.
Though the earliest Macedonian immigrants arrived in the United States with little or no formal education, they quickly availed themselves of new opportunities to improve their literacy skills.
Looking at the situation in Macedonia, the United States, through this administration, has stepped up its efforts to help the Macedonian government deal with what they describe as Albanian extremists coming over from Kosovo interfering and trying to undermine, in the eyes of the Bush Administration, the legitimate Macedonian government. CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Yugoslav Authorities Arrest Slobodan Milosevic - March 30, 2001
The Colossus was built by Chares of Lindus in 280 BCE to celebrate the Rhodian victory over the Macedonians and to thank the god Helios for protecting them.
Yet when young Philip came to the Macedonian throne after the death of his brother, few would have wagered the new ruler or his kingdom would survive. Alexander the Great
Macedonia, guessing his manoeuvre and failing by a moment in anticipating it. Chapter 25
Macedonian hills
There is gold everywhere, testimony to the extraordinary workmanship of Macedonia's artisans: regal wreaths, intricate bracelets and earrings, bronze helmets framing gold funerary face masks, including one with an astonishing crooked smile circa 520 B.C. Macedonia's Golden Artistry
The country was mostly forest, difficult for troops to work in, especially for the Macedonian phalanx, for unless they can make a kind of chevaux de frise with the extraordinarily long spears which they hold in front of their shields-and this requires a free and open space-they are of no use whatever. The History of Rome, Vol. IV
Sixteen thousand of them he organized into a massive phalanx, even dressing them in Macedonian style.
In the fourteenth century, Macedonia was annexed by Serbia and numerous churches were renovated and built, mostly in the shape with a central cupola placed on a high tambour.
March 1995; to monitor border activity in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; members were Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, The 2004 CIA World Factbook
Apparently, the Macedonian was a short film maker - and when we politely asked what she made short films about she responded, "DRAMA. Liza Palmer: The Chick-Lit Debate
The dedicatory inscription in Greek, which survives to this day, is one of the few pieces of contemporary evidence we possess naming the Macedonian king: Alexander the Great
On the march from Miletus to Halicarnassus, the Macedonians captured several smaller towns along the way, presumably including the sacred oracle of Apollo at Didyma. Alexander the Great
Leaving Rome and ignoring a summons to stand trial, he embarked for Greece, where Quintus Braetius Sura, a legate of the commander in Macedonia, had already driven the enemy back to the sea.
They observed that the strategy for Albanian expansion in Macedonia was identical to the one seen in Kosovo.
It was there that Philip V, King of Macedonia, signed in 197 B.C. a shameful treaty with the Romans after his defeat at Cynoscephalae, and it was there also that Antiochus III, the Great, won a great victory, 192 The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
Unlike Russian, however, modern Macedonian does not change the endings of nouns according to their grammatical case.
Tar Sands Oil Equals Saudi Arabia: macedoniaonline. eu Opec decides against further supply cuts: www. ft.com OPEC Agrees to Keep Oil Production Quotas Unchanged: www. bloomberg.com Saudi WN.com - Articles related to Kazakh lawmakers give president lifetime immunity
- The people of FYROM are justified in wanting to have some rights to the name Macedonian: they inhabit parts of Macedonia, they speak a Macedonian dialect of the Slavic group, and they have come to think of themselves as a separate nation from other Balkan Slavs. Macedonia: Name Change to Enter NATO, EU?
The empirical and historical evidence at hand - the linguistic, historical, political, social, cultural and anthropological evidence - attests to the ethnic identity of the citizenry of FYROM; that they are Serbo-Bulgar Slavs in origin, whose language belongs to the south Slavic language group of centum languages, belonging to the indo-European language group, and which is an amalgam of Serbo-Bulgarian, and which has no tie or historical relationship whatsoever to the Ancient north-western Greek dialect of Macedonian Inappropriate comment? nei hoa ma, ponk kai ley mou nai Makedonia yna zehi tse SofiaEcho RSS feed
He was familiar with most of the Greek poleis, Macedon, the satraps and cities along what is now the western Turkish coast, many of the isles in the Aegean, Persia and its holdings, Egypt, and many other Mediterranean cities. Kings and Poets
His father, Philip of Macedon, was the first to unite Greece's fiercely independent city-states after a century of bitter in-fighting.
Item ad diuisionem Thraciæ et Macedoniæ sunt duo mirabiliter alti montes, vnus Olympus, alter Athos, cuius vltimi vmbra oríente sole apparet ad 76. miliaria, vsque in insulam The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
When she started Janam (meaning "dear one" or "sweetheart" in Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Turkish), Graffagna pulled together some of the Bay Area's best Balkan musicians, including Peter Jaques, founder of Brass Menazeri, and Tom Farris of the Helladelics and Izvorno IcePick. East Bay Express
On his accession, his priority was to save Macedon from dismemberment by hostile powers, poised for the kill.
He was chain-smoking Macedonian cigarettes. Times, Sunday Times
Almost 2,000 years further on, however, and still the biographies come, with all the remorseless inexorability of a Macedonian phalanx advancing through the dust of Mesopotamia. The Greatest of Them All
Elsewhere in Europe, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic should continue their two-horse race in Group One with wins over Finland and Macedonia respectively.
It also offered easy access to Macedonian lands, which were not part of the new Bulgarian state.
Macedonia, a state which in the past has done so much for Europe, to accept a farcical name like "FYROM". WN.com - Financial News
Then, instead of drawing up his soldiers in one long line of battle, he formed them into a solid body, -- an arrangement which soon became known as the Macedonian phalanx. The Story of the Greeks
Anyway, we should be able to field a team from the same league as your club and still beat Macedonia - not that we did last time.
The first time I was in Yugoslavia, Constantine took me down to Macedonia so that I could give a broadcast about it, and when we arrived at Skoplje I thought I should have to run away because he had talked to me the whole time during the journey from Belgrade, which had lasted for twelve hours, and I had felt obliged to listen. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part V
Meanwhile the auxiliaries of the Potidaeans from Olynthus, which is about seven miles off and in sight of Potidaea, when the battle began and the signals were raised, advanced a little way to render assistance; and the Macedonian horse formed against them to prevent it. The History of the Peloponnesian War
He advocated the idea of a Greater Macedonia, extending towards northern Greece.
The Macedonia repeated her performance of yesterday, "hogging" the sea by dropping her line of boats in advance of ours and across our course. The Sea Wolf
Pieria was a country on the south-east coast of Macedonia, through which ran a ridge of mountains, a part of which were called Pieria, or the The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes
So it went on until now, when Canada, of all countries, formally recognized the country known as FYROM under the name it prefers, Macedonia. The Macedonia problem
I found myself in roughly equal measure deeply impressed by his insights into the interconnections between key figures and events across the region, and frustrated by his paranoia about continental western Europe (the "Euroids") and the British intelligence services (though if even a quarter of what he alleges is true, there are some very serious questions to answer, for instance about the Macedonian arms plot of 1993). Extracts from Doctor Who and the Dæmons: what the Master thinks of the Doctor
Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro
Operation Essential Harvest primarily came about as an initiative by European NATO members, who urged action to prevent a further destabilisation of Macedonia.
Alexander summoned local Bedouin tribes to rebuild and repopulate Gaza as a fortress, this time under Macedonian control. Alexander the Great
Emilius when the senate elected him imperator, that is, chief of the army which they sent against Perses, King of Macedon. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
During the last weekend, some citizens used the opportunity to ask where they can report violation of the Constitution and the Law on Macedonian language, which stipulate that state bodies must adhere to certain linguistic standards, alluding on the use of Latin instead of Cyrillic alphabet on the profile and the lack of proofreading. Global Voices in English » Macedonia: Facebook Removes Ministry of the Interior’s Personal Profile
Very wretched was the lot of the Macedonian Slavs -- occasionally the Exarchists and occasionally the Patriarchists were in the ascendant, but while in religious matters the Greeks clung by all possible means to their ancient, privileged position, so the Turks maintained in secular affairs the sorry plight of their Slav raia. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1
He was 'not suffered' to go into 'Bithynia' because 'Macedonia' was waiting for his ministry. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God
In the heart of the state - the lands around Sofia and in Macedonia - fortified castles were erected to repel Byzantine attacks.
The lawyers have already sent an extrajudicial note to the studio and director demanding they include a reference in the title credits saying his movie is a fictional tale and not based on official documents of the life of the Macedonian ruler. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
The President -- President Clinton has been encouraged by the improvement in relations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for example. Mccurry Press Briefing
It has expanded internationally, with overseas affiliates in Macedonia, the United States and Switzerland.
Compared, say, with Pekar and Roberson's Macedonia, let alone the brilliant work of Joe Sacco, Hunt doesn't really probe very far into the human side of the conflict - British soldiers are anonymous snarls, the civilians who mock and disobey the rebels merely rabble; only the rebels themselves are given full hagiographical treatment, including curiously iconic depiction of their faces taken from the classic photographs. May Books 3) Blood Upon The Rose: Easter 1916, by Gerry Hunt
Instead the Macedonians took the shorter path down the coast past Mount Carmel, then on to Joppa, where Jonah reportedly took ship before being swallowed by a great fish. Alexander the Great
The political agreement was meant to solidify an earlier agreement that the Macedonian and Albanian sides initialed last Wednesday.
Currency: the denar, which was adopted by the Macedonian legislature 26 April 1992, was initially issued in the form of a coupon pegged to the German mark; subsequently repegged to a basket of seven currencies The 1996 CIA Factbook
Perdiccas, who had held the position of chiliarch (commander of the royal guard) was appointed regent of the Asian part of the empire; Antipater was appointed as strategos of Macedonia.
With banners and standards streaming, with shrill flutes and the deep-toned aulos giving the time, the royal army of Macedon marched through the high western hills towards Epiros. Funeral Games
The Macedonian question had failed to get on to the agenda.
A statement posted on the website of the Macedonian government confirmed the donation, putting the number of buses at 23.
Now, due to the popularity of concerts and the consequential accumulation of a small sum of money in reserve, it is possible to pay musicians a reasonable fee, and Macedon Music is now able to invite high-profile musicians to perform.
Strong advocates of an Anglo-American axis, the Tories believe the US is at best lukewarm about what is an essentially European initiative in Macedonia.
Macedonians move out of apartment blocks and neighbourhoods populated by Albanians.
Macedonia came close to civil war last year, when ethnic Albanians staged an uprising demanding greater rights.
Potidaeans in Olynthus, which is only about seven miles45 distant, and is visible from Potidaea, seeing the signals raised, came out a little way to support their friends; and the Macedonian horse drew up in order of battle to oppose them. The History of the Peloponnesian War
Whereupon he shortly sharked up a list of landless reprobates, Kshatriyas at a loose end, for food and diet; and the enterprise with a stomach in't was, as soon as Alexander's back was turned, to drive out the Macedonian garrisons. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
Firstly, it's well defined that any commonly-accepted name between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will be for all uses without exceptions; for both the Greece-FYROM bilateral communication and Skopje's international relations. OpEdNews - Diary: The progressive route to compromise
The two heads of state discussed the idea of a trilateral meeting at which the presidents of Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia would discuss all matters related to Corridor VIII.
And in the ninth year of the reign of Darius, on the twenty-third day of the twelfth month, which is by us called Adar, but by the Macedonians Antiquities of the Jews
It was a peculiarity of this period that for much of the time, there were two emperors: one of the Macedonian house, who inherited the title and was ruler de jure; the other, a successful general, who acted as ruler de facto. Superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism
When not at war, the Macedonian army was barracked at state expense and underwent sophisticated training while in quarters.
Since 1996 Greece has sought the return of a gold Macedonian funerary wreath, purchased from a Swiss dealer who acted as an intermediary.
There is a telling episode from Paul’s ministry in Philippi, a city in the Roman province of Macedonia. One World, Under God
Like their Serb brethren, ethnic Macedonians are mostly Orthodox Christians.
The Jewish men, women and children in Bulgarian-annexed Macedonia were no more fortunate. Yugoslavia.
But since the fourth century B.C., the region has undergone such complete ethnic and cultural changes to render the name nonsensical, Greece argues - not to mention that Greece has its own province called Macedonia. SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter
The royal Macedonian pages had prepared a banquet for him with captured Persian food and had readied a hot bath. Alexander the Great
Item ad diuisionem Thraci� et Macedoni� sunt duo mirabiliter alti montes, vnus Olympus, alter Athos, cuius vltimi vmbra or韊nte sole apparet ad 76. miliaria, vsque in insulam The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Currency: the denar, which was adopted by the Macedonian legislature The 1995 CIA World Factbook
Therefore, the 17-years long naming-dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia couldn't be an exception on that. Time's Up for "Macedonian" Perverse Nationalism
And it was then a matter of experimenting with the botanicals – Macedonian juniper berries, Bulgarian coriander seed, French angelica root, Spanish liquorice root, Italian orris root, Spanish ground almond, Chinese cassia bark, Madagascan cinnamon, and Spanish orange peel and lemon peel – and designing the still. Best UK Newcomer 2010: Sipsmith distillers
Bulgaria has signed such accords with Croatia, Romania and Macedonia while talks with Albania were concluded last December.
Marija Tosheva is Program Director of Healthy Options Project Skopje (HOPS), a Macedonian NGO which since 1996 has run outreach and advocacy programs with sex workers and drug users, promoting safer behavior and enabling access to legal, health and social services, as well as resocialization and reintegration of sex workers, drug users, and their families. Video screening: NYC, July 23, Sex worker advocates in Macedonia « Bound, Not Gagged
Hellenization Alexander the Great's father was Philip II, King of Macedonia, King of Macedon, and he conquered different Greek city-states by defeating Athens and its allies at Chaeronea in 338 BC.
A.D. 106) was the author of Stratagematicon Libri IV., a kind of anecdotic treatise on the Art.of War; AELIANUS (time of the Emperor Hadrian) and POLYAENUS the Macedonian (second century) were Greek writers on the Military Art. Though Milton does not name them in his tract, he doubtless had them in view among Military Books to be read. The Life of John Milton
The bringer of the message, -- aner tis en Makedon hestos, he was a man of Macedonia in a vision. The Sermons of John Owen
It is said of Philip of Macedon, he would swear and unswear, as might stand best with his interest. The Ten Commandments
The Australian Government welcomes the interim agreement, signed in New York on 13 September, between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which establishes a new relationship between the two countries based on international law and peaceful, friendly relations. Australian DFAT and Immigration joint release on agreement between Greece and FYROM
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Turkey have taken par-allel routes in becoming in-system and out of system destabilizers in the region. American Chronicle
The International Red Cross reported that a Macedonian soldier held prisoner was being treated properly.
After the Persians were thrown out by Alexander, an independent but weak Cappadocian kingdom arose, to be a pawn in the conflict between Rome and Perseus of Macedon, then Rome and Antiochus, then Rome and Mithridates VI of Pontus, and then between various Roman generals like Antony and Octavian, until the kingdom was made a Roman province. Log of the Eclipse (8)
LIVY mentions it as one of the prodigies which were to be "expiated," on the approach of a rupture with Macedon, that "in Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)
Alexander was also gladdened by the timely arrival of reinforcements fresh from Antipater in Macedonia. Alexander the Great
In addition, there were Macedonian light horse and heavy cavalry from other cities.
We had a useful and frank exchange on negotiations on relations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. DFAT: DOWNER BOOSTS AUSTRALIA'S TIES WITH GREECE
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For as the [496] Princes are, so are the people; Qualis Rex, talis grex: and which [497] Antigonus right well said of old, qui Macedonia regem erudit, omnes etiam subditos erudit, he that teacheth the king of Macedon, teacheth all his subjects, is a true saying still. Anatomy of Melancholy
After the transient resurgence of imperial court of Macedonia, Byzantine Empire began to decline.
‘It may lead to imposition of an unofficial embargo on the region,’ the Macedonian minister said.
Remember that the roman republic initially only wanted to help its allies in Gaul, only wanted to secure grain shipments from Egypt, only wanted to defend Greece from the macedonian tyrant ... Privatizing Defense vs. Socializing Medicine, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

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