Perfect definition by German historian on ancient Macedonians vs Greeks
A podcast published on Bavarian state run Radio "Bayrischer Rundfunk" talks about Alexander the Great. "The Macedonian who conquered the world" is the title of the podcast. The podcast was part of the series called "Radiowissen" (Radio Knowledge) and was broadcasted online and via the broadcasters radio channel "Bayern 2" in october 2018. Part of the podcast is German historian Dr. Alexander Free from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. First of all he explains in the introduction, that authentic sources are hard to find, when we talk about the "Great Macedonian King". As Free says: The main reason why the world-storming Macedonian king is so difficult to grasp is that unfortunately not a single authentic source has been preserved from the days of Alexander. All ancient evidence of his life and work dates from the Roman Empire. Historians like Arrian, Plutarch, Diodor, Curtius Rufus or Iustin used original sources that were st...