The historic kingdom of Macedonia was geographically located in an area which straddles both the modern state of Greece and the modern state of Macedonia.
And while the ruling house of Macedonia became Hellenic through intermarriage, the ancient Macedonians were not ethnic Greeks, nor were they ethnic Slavs like modern Macedonians.
Greece should get over itself.
>>The historic kingdom of Macedonia was geographically located in an area which straddles both the modern state of Greece and the modern state of Macedonia.
In fact the historical Kingdom of Macedon was in the region of Macedonia that's within Northern Greece. The region of Macedonia as a Roman province was extended to enclose a wider piece of land including only 1/3 of what is now known as FYROM.
>>And while the ruling house of Macedonia became Hellenic through intermarriage, the ancient Macedonians were not ethnic Greeks, nor were they ethnic Slavs like modern Macedonians.
The Slavs came in the region in the 7th century AD or so. They have nothing to do with Macedonian history. The Kingdom of Macedon was Greek but just a bit more backwards from Southern Greece. However it participated in the pan-hellenic events long before Philip was born. It never became Hellenized. On the contrary it Hellenized the regions it conquered.
>>The Greeks are being ridiculous.
I think you're all being naive. Do you think that if Slovenia decides to call itself "Venice" and starts bashing the Italians and say that the Romans were not Italian or something like that, do you think that Italy would just sit and watch? Or what if Switzerland wanted to call itself "Normandy". There would be a World War... The name of a region especially in a place such as the Balkans is very important. FYROM already has land claims in Northern Greece... Recognizing the name is only making the situation worse.