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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Youngberg
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/15/07
HM 7
SHORT TITLE Ancient Macedonians and Hellenes
SB
ANALYST Guambaña
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Memorial 7 requests that the ancient Macedonians be recognized as Hellenes and that the
inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia be recognized as their Hellenic
descendants. It is additionally requested that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the Pan-
Macedonian association.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Philip of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the Great, and Alexander's tutor, Aristotle, were born
and raised in the northern province of Greece, Macedonia; and
The language and culture of the ancient Macedonians, the ancestors of the inhabitants of northern
Greece of today, were Hellenic;
The Macedonians, like the rest of the Hellenes in antiquity, believed in the twelve gods of
Olympus and participated with their fellow Hellenes in the Olympic games;
Pella, the palace where Alexander the Great was born, and Vergina, the burial site of the
Macedonian kings, are all located in northern Greece; and
The history of ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic for the last three thousand years and
continues to be today.
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