Γράφει λοιπόν η κυρία Πετρόβα στο σημείο όπου αφορά τους λαούς που κατοικούσαν στα Κεντρικά Βαλκάνια:
Petrova, Eleonora, “Bryges, Paeones and Ancient Macedonians: Mythical,
Onomastic and Archaeological Relations and Differences", “Živa Antika”,
Skopje, vol. 47 (1997), p. 159.
“The population inhabiting the
southern part of the Central Balkans were often, especially in the past,
related to large ethnic communities that surrounded them: the Thracians
on the east, the Illyrians on the west or the Hellenes in the south.
The Bryges were related to Thracians, the Paeonians to the Hellenes,
Illyrians and the Thracians and the ancient Macedonians also to the
Hellenes.” Το λέει ξεκάθαρα στο τέλος ότι οι αρχαίοι Μακεδόνες ανήκουν στα ελληνικά φύλα!