Comments by "Houseplant101" (@houseplant1016) on "The Armchair Historian" channel.

  1. From which most being conquered by the Macedonians or Romans or Persians
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  2.  @users10116  Greek was influenced by Egyptian,the Persians and Greeks h*ted eachother too much +Persian is older.
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  3. ​ @pabcu2507 indeed as a Belgian I fear everyday for the ressurection of the great Luxembourg empire
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  4.  Veliskiotis  They were seen as something seperate,they conquered much of Greece and today they are a seperate country.They have similarities.
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  5.  Veliskiotis  Well,that guy said Macedonians are Greeks so tell him.
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  6. Imperialism was normal at that time, do you really think any human who can easily defeat someone, would not go for the diamonds, gold and other resources?
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  7.  Veliskiotis  Are you saying they didn't call themselves "Macedonians"?They did,search the Macedonian empire under Philip II
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  8.  @Aaaakiller  There was no Greek identity back then,this Greek idea came far later.Ask a Spartan if he is as Greek as a Athenian and he will shout out loud he can't even be compared to them,same vice versa.
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  9.  @Aaaakiller  That guy who said Macedonians were Slavic?That should be corrected indeed lmao..
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  10.  @za.monolit  How does that prove Macedonians are Greek?In Lebanon and Syria they have the same city name,Beirut.They still aren't the same,city ames are no proof.
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  11.  @Aaaakiller  But then they fought eachother to the end so the Persians could get them later,alliances aren't identities,they were apart and considered themselves apart.The Heilotes can sure tell you for example.
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  12.  @Aaaakiller  We call them Greeks nowadays but they didn't consider themselves united Greeks.They sw themselves as Spartans,Athenians and so on...They were different in different aspects.
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  13.  @Tataridis65  +Macedonians were no Greeks. They were called barbarians by Greeks. Philip and Alexander the Great invaded, destroyed and massacred Greeks. Aristotle says that when Alexander was mad he spoke in barbarian language. Also he says that Alexander addressed his army in barbarian language.
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  14.  @Aaaakiller  As you said TODAY,TODAY,not back then,after the Roman occupation Greek nationalism began,that's why Romans were afraid to fight in Greece because if you k*lled one Greek at that time,you would be h*ted by all Greeks.Slavic people also have the same genes yet I don't see Ukranians and RUssians unite?Like I said,they would disagree with you the concept of "we are all Greeks" came later.Greek nationalism came later when they m*rdered eachother to the limits and were occupied.
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  15.  @Tataridis65  Ah Greek nationalists...Greeks were used as slaves by the Romans to use them as teachers,Byzantium was ruled by Roman law and Roman political institutions,it was influenced by Greeks,know the difference.
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  16. ​ Commander Cody  Macedonians WERE not greek,they didn't have the same God,architecture in fact :not only that the Macedonians did not worshiped the Greek gods, but also there is not a single temple discovered on the territory of Macedonia which resembles the temples in Greece. Alexander sacrificed to “Macedonian gods according to ancestral rituals, and ordered a torch-race and gymnastic contest to follow.” Urlich Wilken’s Alexander the Great: p. 187, line 15,
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  17.  Commander Cody  Second, the Macedonians had a distinct burial customs than the Greeks. The architecture of the so-called “Macedonian Tomb” which is found throughout Macedonia, was uncommon in Greece, until Greece was subdued by the Macedonians. This shows that the Macedonians had imported their distinctive burial architecture in Greece
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  18.  @donninopoutso5292  I showed plenty of evidence no Greek nationalist here showed me an ancient source that says that.
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  19.  @georgemakropoulos5151  Yeah good arguments and facts
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  20.  @georgemakropoulos5151  Funny how you call your own words uneducated, wasn't this your own "comeback",? I wouldn"t call it a comeback since you are offended and are presenting no facts, you really should take debate classes.
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  21.  @OrthodoxChristian-v8i  How am I jealous? Again a Greek nationalist with no arguments, no wonder your economy is 0, should I be jealous of your beautifull economy? Or the fact that your "once great period" is now just visited by loud British tourists and a great place to take a selfie?
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  22. ​ @OrthodoxChristian-v8i  Jealous of what?Your juicy and beautiful economy (sarcasm)? Your "great period" now being just a great place for a selfie? Your country being the beta to Turkey? Go dream further Greek nationalist.
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  23.  @altaccccount  I was talking about ancient Macedonians, if they want to identify as Slavs, they can do what the want. Or should I say Northern-Macedonians?
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  24.  @manospatramanis5819  An early Macedonian king, Alexander I wanted to enter the Olympics. Since he was not clearly a Greek, his admission was debated. It was decided that the Argive dynasty from which the Macedonian royal family came gave credence to his claim to be Greek. He was allowed to enter.Even your Greek forefathers knew Macedonians weren't Greek.You just proved my point of the Greek identity...It is an illusion created to unite.
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  25.  @nikosz66  No because ALexander conquered the Greeks...Search up his speech...
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  26.  @VergilDarkslayer  You are mixing the Byzantine empire, my friend....Caesar,augustus,Nero were Greek?Yeah you are talking about another period...
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  27. TO ALL THE GREEK NATIONALISTS: STOP REPLYING YOU ARE ALL JUST COPY-PASTING EACHOTHER'S BAD ARGUMENTS.READ MY COMMENTS BEFORE REPLYING...I LITERALLY HAVE TO READ THE SAME ARGUMENTS IN MY BOX EVERY DAY...
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  28. Can you do the algerian independence war ?
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  29. Algeria had a big autonomy during the control by the Ottoman empire,so this "puppet" thing, isn't right.
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  30.  @haydenhazelrig4550  They still could choose their own rules and weren't a "puppet", that is the d*mbest thing I ever heard. The only thing Algeria couldn't decide is whether they do go to war or not.
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  31.  @sizorzs1981  .Even Grees sources, including the king of Greece himself in 1912, confirm that when the Greek armies occupied Aegean Macedonia the overwhelming majority of the population were NOT Greeks, confirming the fact that the Greeks never lived in Macedonia since the most ancient times (Nikolaides, Spiros Melas Epopee).
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  32.  Commander Cody  These outrageous claims by Greek nationalists are not true.Macedonia are not Greek or to be presicely : Part of the nowadays version of this Greek identity.
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  33.  @georgemakropoulos5151  1.you replied to my comment, did I ask about your opinion?You are acting like I did. 2.You are criticizing "my incorrect information" but you guys yourself come with nothing lmao.These "random theories" come from ancient sources and are facts.
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  34.  @georgemakropoulos5151  I am sorry but I have better things to do in my life than just argue with a stranger online...so the only thing that I am willing to say is that you clearly don't know anything about history and the fact that you didn't even know that Macedonians weren't Greek proves you know nothing about history.Have a good day.
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  35.  @georgemakropoulos5151  Good facts and historical texts... Or like a wise man once said to me :"I am not gonna waste time to a stranger who doesn't know anything about history". 99 percent behaved themselves and gave historical arguments, you in comparison are a waste of time and can only insult.
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  36.  @costadinos5087  My sources were : Homeros and Alexander the great, you culture barbarian.You are officially a joke, don't mind replying.
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  37.  @Grassyknolldallas  longest running empire? In your dream.... I don't even know if you can call it an "empire".
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  38.  @conk6379  I am saying ancient Macedonians are not Greek...
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  39. Ah, you're a man of culture
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  40. Are there archives of the soldiers from North-Africa who fought for the French?
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  41.  @hamzahammami22  But ofcourse if the Tunisians feel more like North-Africans, I am not a Tunisian and so it would be very unrealistic for me to debate with a Tunisian about his identity but it is too complex to just say they are all Arabs or berbers.
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  42.  @hamzahammami22  Sure but you do have a significant amount of French words. Second, I don't think your unstability affects Japan but it does affect the Arab world and you are speaking about diplomatic ties which is totally different.Third, whether you call it the Jasmine revoultion or the Tunisian one , it is a fact your country is so culturally tied up with Arab countries that Tunisia almost lit the whole Arab world in fire. Did the protests in Thailand against the monarchy affect Egypt or Tunisia ? Nope. How can a significant tiny nation compared to countries like Algeria,Egypt,Jemen and Syria and Saudi Arabia have so much influence if you have no CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC ties?
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  43. All the African culture they burned,what a loss!
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  44.  @АлексейТабаков-ы8в  Christianity would never be dominant, Christianity got dominant because of the Romans. Polytheism would probably still be dominant.
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  45. 2:46 Hitler was a coward.He asked to burn his body because he saw what they did with mussolini's body.He was afraid it would happen to him too.
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  46.    ​ Stephen Jenkins Canada isn't a puppet state,I think many people say this because Australia helped its Allies in each war.A puppet state is when a country seems independent but is in control of another country, Like Saudi Arabia has a puppet state, Koeweit, it does everything Saudi Arabia says and always is in favor of Saudi Arabia.
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  47.    ​Algeria is different,the Ottomans respected its sovereignty and respected the laws the Algerians made.
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  48.  @donaldgoodinson7550  In 371 BC they invaded Sparta and won
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  49.  @ΔημήτρηςΤερζάκης-τ9π  I didn't a understand a thing of what you said,maybe reading more English books would help you with your English?What are you even trying to say?
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  50.  @abhayn9615  Because youtube deletes my comment if I don't *** them.
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