The Thracian people and language

[Chakalarov]

Interesting. I always assumed that Scythia was a large geographic region covering many heterogeneous groups of people and that Sarmatia was a smaller region within Scythia, to which some Getae geographically belonged to. Looking at the Miracles of St. Demeterius, it is clear that at least some of the attackers of Solun bore Iranic/Turkic tribal designations. Nonetheless, they were still called Sklabenoi, which obviously hints at another meaning of the term to the Byzantines, probably different than how "Sloveni" was understood by Slavic speakers.

[Chakalarov]

Are there any sources that indicate the extent of Sarmatia during the 6th century? As in relation to modern-day boundaries?

[Sweet Sixteen]

[Soldier of Macedon]

There is a practice (called 'Sati') that has been present in India since ancient times, where a woman sets fire to herself as her deceased husband is being cremated on a funeral pyre. According to Herodotus, some of the Thracians, notably "those who dwell above the Crestonians" (who lived in Macedonia), had a custom where, when a man died, his woman would have her life sacrificed and be buried along with him. I found this interesting when compared to Byzantine and Arab references of a similar custom among the early so-called 'Slavs', some of whom (Arabs) likened it to the Hindu practice.

[Risto the Great]

I've heard of women who wanted to set fire to their husbands, but this is ridiculous.

[George S.]

Rg it helps o be self combastible,saves ,ime & money.My wife has wanted o set me on fire for years especially when I burn the barbecue charred remains.

[Makedoncheto]

I have a friend(he is also Macedonian) that says that the modern Macedonian language is a mixture of Antique Macedonian and Slavic(He sees Slavic as the Slavic Tribes that migrated to southern and Western Europe) he thinks that because Macedonians got mixed with some of the tribes then our language is 50 Macedonian 50 Slavic(according to him) thats his explanation why our language is similar to Polish, Czech, Russian and so on its quite strange but i do not believe him

[George S.]

no that's wrong he languages that's spoken is a result of the spread of christianiy by s kiril & mehodius.Macedonian existed prior to the slavs coming and it has stood the test of time.People have been misinterpreting to the amount of influence slav has had.Is a misnomer to call he influence a slav language influence.I call it some linguistic influence. So the slavs went all over the Balkans including Greece & turkey do they harp about their being Slavic? as the slavs did no more no less damage than in Macedonia. Also the use of propaganda tha we are not Macedonian but Slavic has been a tool in trade by our enemies.Cours have declared that its more of a smear or derogatory term.There you go we declare we are Macedonian through & through .SElf identity is there,writers declare that we are Macedonian &we can trace ourselves to ancient imes as is our right.So all those people stop referring yourselves as slavs YOU ARE simply MACEDONIANS.

[Risto the Great]

Originally Posted by Makedoncheto

I have a friend(he is also Macedonian) that says that the modern Macedonian language is a mixture of Antique Macedonian and Slavic(He sees Slavic as the Slavic Tribes that migrated to southern and Western Europe) he thinks that because Macedonians got mixed with some of the tribes then our language is 50 Macedonian 50 Slavic(according to him) thats his explanation why our language is similar to Polish, Czech, Russian and so on its quite strange but i do not believe him

Your Macedonian friend needs to believe the theory about slavic tribes migrating in such numbers to have made such an impact.

All Macedonians then need to accept that languages will change over time. And we have proof that the Macedonian language has in fact been quite slow to change. But it has changed. Which is quite normal.

[George S.]

The slavic hordes that came down in the 6th or sevenh century were illiterate.here is no slav language as such.They adoptn.ed the nearest language Macedonian.In oher words they were macedonised.here was a mild influence of the slav so called language.The same thing could be said for other Balkan countries. proof that we didn't become slav is there the proof is there of the slvs macedonization.