Original sentence: Besides the theory which regards Macedonians as a Greek-speaking tribe (Masson, Hammond), the Macedonians were sometimes spoken of as a tribe of Thrace, the land north-east of Greece, akin to the Thracians.Borza, et al.During their isolation Macedonians inevitably received Thraco-Illyrian influences and, as in the case of the Aetolians, they were regarded by many Greeks as "foreigners" or even "barbarians".In book eight, Herodotus counts the allied Macedonians as part of the Greek fleet.It is also possible that the ancient Macedonians underwent ethnogenesis syncretizing Greek as well as Illyrian, and Thracian elements (cf.It is widely suggested today, that Macedonians were originally a Greek tribe that was until the 5th century BC relatively isolated from the bulk of Greek civilization.Rather than a Greek origin, some argue that the ancient Macedonians had an Illyrian or Thracian origin.Titus Livius (lived 59 BC-14 AD) in his Ab urbe condita (31.29) is quoting a Macedonian ambassador from the late 3rd century BC, implying that Macedonians had been a Greek-speaking tribe:
Edited sentence: Besides the fact which regards Macedonians as a Greek tribe (Masson, Hammond), there was a theory that the Macedonians were sometimes spoken of as a tribe of Thrace, the land north-east of Greece, akin to the Thracians.During their isolation Macedonians inevitably received Thraco-Illyrian influences and, as in the case of the Aetolians, they were regarded by some rival Greeks as "foreigners" or even "barbarians".In book eight, Herodotus counts the allied Macedonians as part of the united Greek fleet.It is widely accepted today, that Macedonians were a Greek tribe that was until the 5th century BC relatively isolated from the bulk of Greek civilization.Rather than a Greek origin, some might argue that the ancient Macedonians had an Illyrian or Thracian origin.Titus Livius (lived 59 BC-14 AD) in his Ab urbe condita (31.29) is quoting a Macedonian ambassador from the late 3rd century BC, implying that Macedonians had been a Greek tribe: