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What's the deal with Macedon? Under the Byzantines, 'Macedon' was in Turkey, and shared no land with either the Greek region nor the current Republic. And why is the Republic named Macedon when it has only a little bit of the former Greek/Roman region?

by /u/manfrin in /r/AskHistorians

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