Thus, the theme of Macedonia had no relation to the historical region of Macedonia, and when Byzantine sources of the 10th to 12th centuries refer to "Macedonia", they mean the area of western Thrace.
Así, o thema de Macedonia non ten relación ningunha coa rexión histórica da Macedonia e, cando as fontes bizantinas dos séculos X ao XII se refiren á "Macedonia", na verdade fan referencia á rexión occidental da Tracia.