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Yes Philppi in the bible was a city in historical Macedonia in northern Greee Acts 16 vs 12
Philippi was a city in Eastern Macedonia, established by king Philip II in 356 BC. The modern city of Filippoi, near the ruins of the ancient city, is in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace in Greece.
I believe the scripture says they were in Philippi, the chief city in Macedonia . Acts 16:12
The city of Skopje is the largest in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia.
After Alexanders death, Macedonian generals were fighting for control over his empire. 3 leaders: Antigonnus, Ptolemy, and Selecus won control by becoming ruler of Macedonia Greek city-states, title of Pharaoh in Egypt, and controlling the Persian Empire
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia.
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia.
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is not a city, but it is a country.(republic) This is not the historical Macedonia which is below in northern Greece.
The city of Athens is south of the Greek province of Macedonia. Epirus is the region west of Macedonia.
Greece was badly debilitated and the war solved nothing - the city-states continuing fighting each other in varying alliances. This allowed the rise and dominance of Macedonia, Alexanders takeover of the Persian Empire, and the division of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East into the Hellenistic Kingdoms of his successors.
Athens, in Greece, is the city just south of the country of Macedonia and the country of Albania.