Dion is relatively close to Bulgaria.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion,_GreeceThe first mention of Dion in history comes from Thucydides, who reports that it was the first city reached by the Spartan general Brasidas after crossing from Thessaly into Macedon on his way through the realm of his ally Perdiccas II during his expedition against the Athenian colonies of Thrace in 424 BC.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacedoniaEurope (Balkans)

• Macedonia (region), a region of the Balkan peninsula which includes:
  • Republic of Macedonia, a current state, also referred to as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
    • Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1946-1991), a federal unit of Yugoslavia and predecessor to the current Republic of Macedonia
    • Vardar Macedonia, a region almost coterminous with the Republic of Macedonia
  • Macedonia (Greece) or Greek Macedonia or Aegean Macedonia, a region of Greece, subdivided into three administrative districts:
    • West Macedonia
    • Central Macedonia
    • East Macedonia and Thrace
      
      Pirin Macedonia, the unofficial name of Blagoevgrad Province, a region of Bulgaria