a republic in South-East Europe: formarly part of Yugoslavia. Cap.: Skopje.
area of ancient Greece north of Mt. Olympus; famous as the kingdom of Philip II and his son, Alexander the Great
the area between Greece and the Balkans; Phillip of Macedon worked to unite Macedonia and created there a strong army; his son, Alexander the Great, strengthened and added to the Macedonian territory; in 169 BCE, the Third Macedonian War began and in 167, the land was divided into four republics; in 146 BCE, Macedon became a Roman province.
landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991
the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe whose area was re-defined in the early 20th century. It covers approximately 67,000 square kilometers and a population of 4.76 million. There is no official recognition of these arbitrary delimitation, especially since they include territories of Bulgaria, Serbia and Albania that are not called "Macedonia".
The Roman province of Macedonia was officially established in 146 BC, after the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus defeated Andriscus of Macedon in 148 BC, and after the four client republics established by Rome in the region were dissolved. The province incorporated Epirus Vetus, Thessaly, and parts of Illyria and Thrace.
Macedonia (IPA , Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonia) is the largest and second most populous region of Greece. Together with the regions of Thrace and Epirus, it is often referred to unofficially as northern Greece. It is located at coordinates .
Macedonia was a theme (or province), organised by Empress Irene, about 800, out of the Theme of Strymon. It included the area from Adrianople and the Evros valley eastward along the Sea of Marmara; Adrianople was the capital of the theme. It did not include the territory of ancient Macedon, which (insofar as the Byzantines controlled it) was the Theme of Thessalonica.