11-25-2010, 03:14 PM
Quote: In the 6th century the Persians described the tribute paying people of this area as Greeks (and that could only be the Makedonians - pre Darios/Xerxes) ... 'yauna takabara'.
In 6th century BC there were a number of Greek colonies on the Macedonian and Thracian coast, which were settled in 'non-Temenid' initiatives. With all that, 'yauna' is sometimes argued it was an umbrella term for populations in the western Asia Minor and Balkans, Greeks and non-Greeks alike.
Drago?
