In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon

Eugene N. Borza

Princeton University Press, 1992 - History - 347 pages

In tracing the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power, Eugene Borza offers to specialists and lay readers alike a revealing account of a relatively unexplored segment of ancient history. He draws from recent archaeological discoveries and an enhanced understanding of historical geography to form a narrative that provides a material-culture setting for political events. Examining the dynamics of Macedonian relations with the Greek city-states, he suggests that the Macedonians, although they gradually incorporated aspects of Greek culture into their own society, maintained a distinct ethnicity as a Balkan people. "Borza has taken the trouble to know Macedonia: the land, its prehistory, its position in the Balkans, and its turbulent modern history. All contribute...to our understanding of the emergence of Macedon.... Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history."--Waldemar Heckel, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Macedonia is greek!

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Thanks to prof. E. Borza
Somebody finaly to explain to Greeks, that there is a huge diference between Ancient Macedonians and Ancient Hellenic people and today Greeks.
Respect from today Macedonian
Republic of Macedonia

Contents

• The Land of Macedonia: 23
• Prehistoric Macedonia: 58
• Who Were the Macedonians?: 77
• Alexander I: 98
• Perdiccas II: 132
• Archelaus: 161
• 8: 177
• 9: 183
• The Greatest of the Kings in Europe: 198
• Political Institutions in the Age of Philip and Alexander: 231
• Material Culture in the Age of Philip and Alexander: 253
• The Emergence of Macedon: 277
• Some Bibliographical Notes: 283
• Some Diverse Endnotes: 292
• Addenda to the Paperback Edition: 301

Bibliographic information

• Title: In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon; Classics/Ancient history; Princeton paperbacks
• Author: Eugene N. Borza
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992
• ISBN: 0691008809, 9780691008806
• Length: 347 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Greece