The country occupies some of the territory in the region that was known as Macedonia after the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC, and Greece is fiercely protective of him and what it claims is historical evidence proving Macedonia is Greek, a view vehemently disputed in Macedonia.
Zemlja zauzima deo teritorije u regionu koja je bila poznata kao Makedonija nakon osvajanja Aleksandra Velikog u 4. veku pre Hrista, a Grčka je vrlo zaštitnički nastrojena prema njemu i, kako tvrdi, prema istorijskim dokazima da je Makedonija grčka, što je viđenje koje se žestoko osporava u Makedoniji.