Theodoros Askitis (1872-1908) studied Law and since 1900 he had been an interpreter of the Greek Consulate in Thessaloniki. He was murdered in February 1908, upon order of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Committee, due to his active involvement in the Macedonian Struggle. His funeral was honoured nationwide.
Arrian was a historian, philosopher, geographer and politician, born in Nicomedia (around A.D. 95-180 ). He was the author of the works, inter alia: “The Anabasis of Alexander” and “Enchiridion of Epictetus”. The influence of Xenophon is apparent in his works. When he became Roman, he took the name Flavius Arrianus.
Konstantinos Armenopoulos, born in 1320 in Constantinople, was a Byzantine jurist and scholar. He held the office of katholikos kritēs (“universal judge”) of Thessaloniki, one of the highest judicial offices in the Byzantine Empire. He is the author, inter alia, of Hexabiblos, a collection of legal texts with timely appeal to many peoples and the
A historical city that was called Vergouli in the ancient times and that was renamed by Emperor Theodosius I in honour of his son Arcadius. Before the Asia Minor Catastrophe, it was one of the most prosperous cities of East Thrace and almost half of its citizens were Greek.
Prior to his conversion to Christianity, Paul was known as Saul and as a persecutor of the early disciples of Jesus. Later, however, he became an eminent Apostle of the Church. He died a martyr in Rome in A.D. 64. He wrote his famous Epistles to the local Churches that he has founded during his
Apelles was a renowned painter who lived in the era of Alexander the Great, whom he is considered to have followed in his campaign. He also painted a portrait of Alexander the Great. None of his works, including this portrait, have survived.
Axios is the longest river of Macedonia and the second larger river of the Balkans. It is 380 kilometres long and it flows into the Thermaikos Gulf. Since the Middle Ages, it has also been called Vardar, the same as the well-known NW wind of Thessaloniki.
Name of descendants of the General of Alexander the Great, Antigonus, who succeeded him to the throne and governed until 168 B.C. During their reign, Macedonia experienced military and economic growth.
Andronikos Manolis (1919-1992) was an archaeologist and professor at the School of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He became famous from the discovery of the royal tombs of Vergina, that is, of King Philip II, his wife, etc. Information from the book by Aristides Kesopoulos “THE NAME OF THE ROADS OF THESSALONIKI”, MALLIARIS
Adrianoupolis is a city of East Thrace. It was named after the Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-1138 B.C.). In its long history, it had been an important transport, trade and military centre. It was the third capital of the Ottoman Empire. The Greek population of the city abandoned it after the Treaty of Lausanne.
