Hi guys, I was looking up the above word and found that Yuana was originally a geographic term and not an ethnic term. That even if Yuana Takabara means Ionaians who wear hats. That there is no real evidence to claim that is how the Persians referred to the Macedonians in ancient times as modern Greeks like to state.
The first book A companion to ancient Greece page 388 " The word Takabara means wearing shields on their heads, which brings to mind the Macedonian (kausia) hat and Thessalian petasos. The Persian reliefs show Yauna Takabara in board, flat berets that do not look exactly like either hat. Hardly proof for either one.
The second book The Cambridge History of Iran Volume 2 page 267 states that the evidence does not suffice to show whether or not the Persians regarded the Macedonians at that time as Greeks.
The first book A companion to ancient Greece page 388 " The word Takabara means wearing shields on their heads, which brings to mind the Macedonian (kausia) hat and Thessalian petasos. The Persian reliefs show Yauna Takabara in board, flat berets that do not look exactly like either hat. Hardly proof for either one.
The second book The Cambridge History of Iran Volume 2 page 267 states that the evidence does not suffice to show whether or not the Persians regarded the Macedonians at that time as Greeks.
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