2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Study on Macedonian Ethnic Identity during the Classical Period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22520743
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	History of Europe and America
Research Institution	Chiba University (2012) Shizuoka University (2010-2011)
Principal Investigator	SAWADA Noriko 千葉大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50311650)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	古代史
Research Abstract	This study has shown that Macedonia and Athens maintained aclose relationship through the timber trade during the classical period, and that Greekculture was well adapted among the Macedonian royals and elites since the 5 centuryB.C.; these facts affected the way Macedonians and Greeks perceived each other. Theimage of Macedonian kings as Greeks, constructed in those circumstances, played animportant role in the process of Philip II's conquest of Greece.

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