Macedonia (, "Makedonίa") (Macedonian: Македонија, "Makedonija") (Bulgarian: Македония, Makedoniya) is a region in the southeastern Europe, in Balkans. In ancient times it was the Kingdom of Macedon and its greatest and most well known leader was Alexander The Great. In Roman times it was part of the . Today, its borders have changed and after the it was separated in three countries: Greece with the region of Macedonia (Greek Macedonia or ), the country North Macedonia (), and Bulgaria ( (Blagoevgrad province)).