However, the views on the tongue of the ancient Macedonians is outdated.

The name is originally believed to have meant either "highlanders" or "the tall ones", possibly referring to the physical character of the ancient Macedonians and/or their mountainous land.

The ancient Macedonians took this name either because they were physically tall, or because they settled in the mountains.

Ancient Macedonian was the language of the ancient Macedonians.

Greeks argue that the name Macedonia is historically inseparably associated with Greek culture, ever since the ancient kingdom of Macedonia and the ancient Macedonians.

This is precisely the period during which ancient authors, such as Polybius and Strabo, called the ancient Macedonians "Greeks".

First lie: the notion that contemporary ethnic Macedonians are descendants of ancient Macedonians.

Proponents of both the extreme and the moderate Macedonian positions stress that the ancient Macedonians were a distinct non-Greek people.

But many Macedonians contend hotly that they are in fact not Slavs, but descended from ancient Macedonians like Alexander the Great.

They were often at war for domination of the region with the ancient Macedonians who settled in the east.