Macedonia, the homeland of Alexander the Great, was often identified with Albania in early modern sources, until, from the 19th century onward, the emergence of new categories obscured that historical continuity. 18th-cent. map Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam. #nomorelies #history

« They shall curse Philip… and the entire Macedonian race and nation. » - Livy (31.44) Even in hostile rhetoric, the Macedonians are defined as a distinct people and nation, not merely another Greek polis. #ancientsources #nomorelies

Thucydides calls the Epirote tribes « barbarians », meaning NON-GREEKS. He explicitly names them: Chaonians, Thesprotians, Molossians and Atintanians. The term refers to different language & customs. #ancientsource #history #nomorelies

Hammond, a British spy turned historian, portrayed Macedonians as transhumant shepherds, yet gold funerary masks and rich artefacts tell another story. How could a rootless people conquer the world? #nomorelies

We were the last to fall under Ottoman rule, a delay made possible by Scanderbeg. The Ottomans never forgot their  « Terrori Osmanorum ». Our lands were ceded to our neighbors, our language suppressed. From Scanderbeg to those who followed, the struggle never ceased 🇦🇱

🔴 Mos harrojmë masakrat myslimanë në trojet Shqiptarë🇦🇱 1830 – Masakra e Beyve Shqiptarë. ~1000 kryetarë lokalë u ekzekutuan në Manastir. #Kosovo #Dardania #Chameria #Presheva #Albania #Albanian #Shqiperia

Justin writes that « almost all Greece… rose to recover their liberty » after Alexander left. If Macedonia were simply Greek, who were they freeing themselves from? #nomorelies

Ernst Badian (Harvard), a leading authority on ancient Macedonia, cites a papyrus where the Greek Eumenes needs a man « whose speech was Macedonian » to address his troops. If that’s just Greek, why the middleman? #macedoniannotgreek #nomorelies

Ancient Greeks borrowed heavily from native Pelasgi of Balkans, including military garments such as the iconic Fustanella. But Greek Fustanella appears to have been somewhat shorter, more of a miniskirt, probably adapted to appeal to the Greek taste at the time. 😉

« But they take no concern for Philip and what he is doing now, although he is not a Greek nor related to the Greeks, nor even a barbarian of any respectable origin, but a pestilent fellow from Macedonia, from where one could not even previously buy a decent slave. » Demosthenes

Alexander was called “King of the Hellenes”, but that title reflects power, not ethnicity. Just like Otto of Bavaria in the 19th century. Alexander was also Pharaoh of Egypt and King of Persia… without becoming Egyptian or Persian. Titles = authority. Not identity.

Authentic history endures in stone, fabricated narratives, by contrast, reveal themselves as little more than staged constructions. #nomorelies #NHammondwasabritishspy

The Macedonian Empire of Philip II and his son Alexander built where it mattered most, Albania holds the richest 4th c. BC fortifications in the Balkans. 🇦🇱 #nomorelies #greatawakening #shqiperia

Archelaus, then Philip & Alexander, heavily fortified Albania in the 4th c. BC. If they were truly « Greek, » why invest so much there? Empires don’t pour gold into marginal lands. The simplest answer: Albania wasn’t peripheral, it was central. 🇦🇱

According to Thucydides, Archelaus I of Macedon fortified Macedonia, built roads, and forged a war-ready state, but why is there no clear trace of these works in today’s « Greek Macedonia »? Do you know where these traces can be found? Guess 😉

Modern Greece didn’t inherit Alexander the Great, it appropriated him. Ancient Macedonia was repackaged to serve a modern identity, erasing historical distinctions. Not history, but national myth-making. #nomorelies

A double-headed eagle bearing an oak leaf, a symbol associated with Zeus, on its chest, discovered in the village of Kuç, near Vlorë 🇦🇱

Head of Zeus, Bylis 🇦🇱, 3rd c. BC. At Dodona, Zeus was HEARD through the sacred oak. Porphyry mentions a tomb of Zeus in Crete. Ancient tradition calls him Zan. In Albanian, zan means « VOICE. » Coincidence?

In De Administrando Imperio (c. 948–952), Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos describes the Serbs as settlers placed in the Balkans by imperial authority. Serbula = a type of footwear (« slave shoes »), from Latin servus (« slave »). #sources #history #nomorelies

Celebrating the spring equinox ☀️ Albanian stands apart: Diell (sun) gives ditë (day), dritë (light), and di (to know). A unique linguistic system where light, knowledge, and the divine are intrinsically linked.