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The Fight for Balkan Latinity. The Aromanians until World War I. Motta, Giuseppe
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011
Publisher : Richtmann Publishing

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The Aromanians of Vlahs are a people of the Balkans historically mentioned in many sources and documents thruoughoutthe centuries, since the age of Roman colonization. Their particular identity emerged during the XIX century, when the rise ofnationalism involved also the Vlahs, who demanded the protection of the Sultan against Greek propaganda and denationalizationpolicies. Also the newborn State of Romania was interested in their situation and started a diplomatic controversy with Greece to defendBalkan latinity. The question gained relevance during the age of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and the first World War, when thearrival of Italian troops in the region of Pindus was welcomed by the Aromanians who welcomed Italian army and appealed to thecommon Latin inheritance for the defense of their national specificity and traditions.
The Fight for Balkan Latinity (II). The Aromanians after World War Motta, Giuseppe
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The article focuses on the Vlach question after the first World War, when the Balkan region was finally divided amongthe different national States and the Ottoman Empire collapsed. In this period the Aromanian communities had to find a newpolicy inside a new scenario and addressed towards different options represented by Albania, Italy and Romania. In a first timeVlachs also tried to create an autonomous principality of Pindus but this experience was short-lived and did not produce tangibleresults. On the contrary, during the interwar period the Vlachs consolidated their privileged relationship with Romania andestablished an influent group at Bucharest, where they partecipated to the internal political life even supporting the most radicalmovements such as Corneliu's Codreanu Iron Guard.