Eutropii Historię Romanę libri septem

[TrueMacedonian]

Here's the definition of Macedonia and Macedonians by the translators of Eutropius' work;

Macedo, donis, n. A Macedonian, a man of Macedonia. Macedonia was a country between Thrace, Epirus, and Greece. It was first formed into a kingdom by Caran, a descendant of Hercules, 814 years before the Christian era; but it was neither powerful nor eminent till b.c. 360, when it acquired much glory, as well as extent of territory, by the victories of Philip, and his successor Alexander the Great. The ancient names of Macedonia were Mygdonia, Aemonia, Paeonia, Edonia, Aemathia, and Pieria.— Hence, Macodon-Ia, lae, f. The country of the Macedonians; Macedonia.—Hence, Macedoni-cus, ca, cum, adj. Of, or belonging to, Macedonia; Macedonian, Macedonia.

[Soldier of Macedon]

TM, do you have any more information on the original writer?

[TrueMacedonian]

Yeah SoM according to this wiki link (I hate wiki but in this case his info checks out) Eutropius was a 4th century Roman Pagan Historian - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutropius_(historian)

Here's some of his text that might interest the board;

[Risto the Great]

Great way to learn Latin!

[Soldier of Macedon]

There was an interesting politicial relationship between Hannibal and the Macedonian king, but at the end of the day, it didn't prove to fruitful, Rome still conquered all.