ancient greece?

Question

what were some of the surrounding countries of ancient Greece on its east side?
but not too east. just list some of the countries that the ancient Roman empire knew
thx

Answer 1

Ancient Greece was not the same size as today. There were a lot of Greek states both in Greek mainland and in the Mediterranean and in black see.
(One of those Greek states was the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia which the above user mistakenly confuses it with the modern Slavic/Albanian state of Macedonia).
Let me give you a brief outline of the ancient Greek world and their neighbors.
East of Greek mainland were the Greek states of Asia Minor (present day Turkey; but note that the Turks appeared 1000 years later) the famous Ionia. Those states at first bordered the kingdom of Lydia and later on the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire did manage to conquer both Lydia and the Greek states of Asia Minor; but it was later on defeated and destroyed by Alexander the Great.
Alexander (from the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia) created a vast Greek empire that broke after his death in several Hellenistic kingdoms!
During the Roman rise of power the Greek mainland bordered several Hellenistic (Hellenistic means Greek culture fused with Asian elements) states; such as the Seleucid) kingdom which was in Syria and Mesopotamia (present day Syria and Iraq/Iran.
In Asia Minor was the Kingdom of Pergamus.
Even Egypt had became a Greek (Hellenistic) state!
The Greek expansion has gone so far that even a Greek kingdom survived for 300 years in the borders of India/Pakistan and Afghanistan (the Kingdom of Bactrian).
So as a conclusion we can say that the Greek word border in the east the kingdom of Lydia and Persia, but later on after Alexander’s campaign, the Greek world reached India!

Answer 2

East and west of Greece was the sea! East after the sea is Turkey and north is the MACEDONIA!

Answer 3

The only thing I can think of is Turkey. I'm sorry. Thank you so much for your ideas though, for my question. I wish I could help you more.