The INVENTED-by-the European-GRECOPHILES (PHILHELLENES) "Hellenistic" Age is for the ACTUAL MACEDONIAN Age. This is the period when the MACEDONIANS ruled in the three parts of the MACEDONIAN Empire which was divided after the death of Alexander III of Macedon, and eventually were conquered by the Romans, with the help of the "Greeks", who allied themeselves with the Romans.
Plybius - Book 18 of his Histories:
Reciting the Macedonian king Filip V Antigon:
" ... But what is most outrageous of all is that they (the Aetolians) should
attempt to put themselves on the same footing as the Romans and demand that
the MACEDONIANS WITHDRAW FROM THE WHOLE OF GREECE. ...In any case, he
continued, "WHAT IS THIS GREECE which you demand that I evacuate, and HOW DO
YOU DEFINE GREECE? Certainly MOST OF THE AETOLIANS (the Aetolian league)
THEMSELVES ARE NOT GREEKS. The countries of the AGRAAE, APPODOTAE and the
AMPHILOCHIANS CANNOT BE REGARDED AS GREEK. So do you allow me to remain in
Have you read The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze Age Warriors from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World, by David W. Anthony? It’s a very well researched and written account of the origin and spread of the Indo-European language family beginning on the Pontic-Caspian Steppes and correlated with the domestication of the horse and the invention of the war chariot. Spans the Neolithic to the early Bronze Age. A detailed survey of the archaeology of the region plus original research on horse domestication.
The INVENTED-by-the European-GRECOPHILES (PHILHELLENES) "Hellenistic" Age is for the ACTUAL MACEDONIAN Age. This is the period when the MACEDONIANS ruled in the three parts of the MACEDONIAN Empire which was divided after the death of Alexander III of Macedon, and eventually were conquered by the Romans, with the help of the "Greeks", who allied themeselves with the Romans.
Plybius - Book 18 of his Histories:
Reciting the Macedonian king Filip V Antigon:
" ... But what is most outrageous of all is that they (the Aetolians) should
attempt to put themselves on the same footing as the Romans and demand that
the MACEDONIANS WITHDRAW FROM THE WHOLE OF GREECE. ...In any case, he
continued, "WHAT IS THIS GREECE which you demand that I evacuate, and HOW DO
YOU DEFINE GREECE? Certainly MOST OF THE AETOLIANS (the Aetolian league)
THEMSELVES ARE NOT GREEKS. The countries of the AGRAAE, APPODOTAE and the
AMPHILOCHIANS CANNOT BE REGARDED AS GREEK. So do you allow me to remain in
these territories?"
Have you read The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze Age Warriors from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World, by David W. Anthony? It’s a very well researched and written account of the origin and spread of the Indo-European language family beginning on the Pontic-Caspian Steppes and correlated with the domestication of the horse and the invention of the war chariot. Spans the Neolithic to the early Bronze Age. A detailed survey of the archaeology of the region plus original research on horse domestication.
Yes, one of my favorite books on IE.
This is a great book by a fine (and very opinionated) writer. I read it many years ago.
Yep. If you have any suggestions of history books of similar quality, let rip.