ISKANDER or SIKANDER?

[hoplite14gr]

Thanks for you kind message!
A Spaniard with Greco Byzantine origins! What a small world!!!
We definitly must meet and have this wine!
We have people of possible Spanish origins from the Navarese and Catalan Companies in the late Byzantine empire. Many say the name Sigalas is associated with them.
And I think that people in west Europe with the surname de Monferra or Monferrati might lay claim to the Exarchate of Thessaloniki.
Well if you bid for the Byzantine throne I pledge support if you promise to reinstate the OPSIKION regiment and make me Protospatharios!!!!

I truly enjoy meeting peopple who do not have a narrow-minded view of History. The funny thing is that scholars cosnsider us weird!
I agree that you do not a specific name to be proud of if you feel connection to the roots. If people are not proud of their heritage how can they appreciate other pople and cultures?
Kind regards
Stefanos
P.S. We must have this serious drinking if you ever pass from Greece!