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to the Ister, he first took the Getae, who pretend to be immortal. The Thracians of Salmydessus and of the country above the towns of Apollonia and Mesambria

In Greek mythology, Itys (Ancient Greek: Ἴτυς, romanized: Ítus) is a minor mythological character, the son of Tereus, a king of Thrace, by his Athenian

art is the art associated with the peoples known as Dacians or North Thracians; The Dacians created an art style in which the influences of Scythians

Sarpedon (/sɑːrˈpiːdən, -ˈpiːdɒn/; Ancient Greek: Σαρπηδών) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology Sarpedon, a son of Zeus, who fought on the

had seized. It was also related that when Orchomenus was invaded by the Thracians, the inhabitants of Orchomenus fled to Munichos who welcomed them, and

Phocas (Latin: Focas; Ancient Greek: Φωκάς, romanized: Phōkás; 547 – 5 October 610) was Byzantine emperor from 602 to 610. Initially a middle-ranking officer

The Boreads (Ancient Greek: Βορεάδαι, romanized: Boreádai, lit. 'sons of the north wind') are the two "wind brothers" in Greek mythology. They consist

Lycus (/ˈlaɪkəs/ LY-kəs; Ancient Greek: Λύκος, romanized: Lúkos, lit. 'wolf') is the name of multiple people in Greek mythology: Lycus, one of the Telchines

mortals. While the Thracians were sleeping, Diomedes and Odysseus infiltrated the camp in the dead of night, killing a number of Thracians and Rhesus in his

with the Thracians, rather more to the north of the Danube, but to the south of it as well. And there was Celtic intermingling with the Thracians, too, from

John, surnamed Mystacon ("the mustachioed"; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Μυστάκων; fl. 580–590), was a prominent Eastern Roman general in the wars with Sassanid Persia

Alcippe (/ˌælˈsɪpiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκίππη Alkippē) was a name attributed to a number of figures in Greek mythology. Alcippe, daughter of the God of

Vitalian (Latin: Vitalianus, Greek: Βιταλιανός; died 520) was a general of the Eastern Roman Empire. A native of Moesia in the northern Balkans, and probably

In Greek mythology, Cleopatra (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρα, romanized: Kleopátra means "glory of the father") was the name of the following women: Cleopatra

moved Thracians and so forth into the evacuated districts of the towns. This 'Macedonised' the frontier and also made it easier to defend. The Thracians moved

Dia (Ancient Greek: Δία or Δῖα, "heavenly", "divine" or "she who belongs to Zeus"), in ancient Greek religion and folklore, may refer to: Dia, a goddess

In Greek mythology, Corybas (Ancient Greek: Κορύβας, romanized: Korúbas) is the son of Iasion and the goddess Cybele, who gave his name to the Corybantes

Coutzes or Cutzes (Greek: Κούτζης; fl. 528) was a general of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). Coutzes appears

Karterai came up from its inhabitants were immigrants from Eastern Rumelia (Thracians) after the population exchange between Greece and Turkey events in 1923

In Greek mythology, Pandion (/pænˈdaɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Πανδίων means "all-divine") may refer to the following characters: Pandion I, a legendary king

The tomb may be that of Triballi. Also other changes are seen such as Thracians wearing gold or bronze torcs around their necks (usually three). Nowadays

Martin or Martinus was a Byzantine general of Thracian origin who served the Byzantine army during the reign of emperor Justinian I on various fronts.

In Greek mythology, Linus (Ancient Greek: Λῖνος Linos "flax") was a reputed musician and master of eloquent speech. He was regarded as the first leader

Grastus is the son of Mygdon. He is considered founder of the Crestonia region and father of Tirse. The town of Tirsae was named after her and other girls

voting rights to the village. The village has a large population of Greek Thracians (Θρακιωτες) from the area of Eastern Thrace, or Eastern Romylia as it

In Greek mythology, Brangas (Ancient Greek: Βράγγας) was a Thracian prince as son of King Strymon, and the brother of Rhesus and Olynthus. Rhesus was killed

long in its defense" – while also applying the term to the language of "Thracians" and "Bulgarians". Writing in 1592, bishop Peter Cedolini applied the

flight from the battlefield. When Perseus embarked for Samothrace, the Thracians, possibly including those of Cotys, refused to follow and returned to

1515/9783110847031-016 Fol, Alexander; Marazov, Ivan (1977). Thrace & the Thracians. New York City: St. Martin's Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-304-29880-8. Extensive

the soul of Eurydice followed him, but turning round he lost her. The Thracians say that such nightingales as nest on the grave of Orpheus sing more sweetly

statement of Herodotus, who clearly distinguishes the Mariandyni from the Thracians or Thyni in Asia Minor. Elsewhere, Strabo states that Mariandyni are Paphlagonians

war. Satyrus' army had a total of 34,000 troops, a mixture of Greeks, Thracians, and Scythians. After cornering his younger brother, they fought the Battle

In Greek mythology, Ossa (Ancient Greek: Όσσα) or Assa was the mother of King Sithon of Thrace by the sea god Poseidon. Her son was notorious for killing

separate forces to different regions: one led by Cerethrius against the Thracians and Triballi; another against Paionia led by Brennus and Acichorius; and

refugia and vici in pre-Roman relation), because of its strategic position (Thracians were based to the south) developed as an important garrison and market

2011-08-31. "The Borovo silver treasure | Ancient Treasures, Ancient Thracians". Ancient-treasure.info. Retrieved 2011-08-31. Ovcharov, Dimiter (2005)

the battle before the Greek camp, and looking down upon the land of the Thracians: Μυσῶν τ᾽ ἀγχεμάχων, καὶ ἀγαυῶν ἱππημολγῶν, γλακτοφάγων, ἀβίων τέ δικαιοτάτων

The Ostrogoths (Latin: Ostrogothi, Austrogothi) were a Roman-era Germanic people. In the 5th century, they followed the Visigoths in creating one of the

454/3 to 433/2 BCE. It was taken from the Athenians by the Chalcidic Thracians (420 BCE), and surrendered to Philip II of Macedon before the siege of

towards Ruse. The village is believed to date back to the time of the Thracians and Slavs and shows significant remains from subsequent Roman inhabitants

that strength of position which enabled it to resist Sitalces and the Thracians. We have the concurring testimony of Ptolemy and Pliny that this town

Distribution of cities in antiquity in the border of southern Illyria with Greeks and Thracians

and the Romanian people the oldest in Europe: As the author of We, the Thracians (1976) and editor of the periodical of the same title (Noi, tracii) that

Greeks ends.[clarification needed] 550 BC—Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians. 550 BC—Mago I begins his rule of Carthage. 550 BC—The Temple of Artemis

to many tribes throughout the years but most important have been the Thracians, Slavs and Protobulgarians. The Thracian tribe of Bessi was the main tribe

Bouzes or Buzes (Greek: Βούζης, fl. 528–556) was an Eastern Roman general active in the reign of Justinian I (r. 527–565) in the wars against the Sassanid

charge of disposing of the booty that had been acquired by the Greeks and Thracians in common, but kept back for his own use a considerable part of the money

prolonged campaign in Thrace in 342–340 BC. After several victories over the Thracians, Philip subjugated the country, deposing both Teres and Cersobleptes,

a romphaia. The romphaia was a close-combat bladed weapon used by the Thracians as early as 350–400 BC. The two-handed falx is clearly related to the

describe the cup of Priam, king of Troy, which he had received from the Thracians. Heinrich Schliemann wrongly thought that he had excavated such a vessel

Eleusis, Eumolpus sided with Eleusis and came with a numerous band of Thracians. The traditions about this Eleusinian war, however, differ very much.

000 allied hoplites 5,000 mercenary hoplites 8,000 light infantry 7,000 Thracians and Illyrians 1,000 Agrianians and archers 5,100 heavy cavalry 1,800 Macedonian

of the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. Modern Greek Orthodox Thracians speak a northern Greek dialect, while the Muslim minority inhabiting the

warfare. He joined the Parian colony on Thasos and battled the indigenous Thracians, expressing himself in his poems as a cynical, hard-bitten soldier fighting

river, at the same site as the later Athenian colony of Amphipolis. The Thracians, not now disposed to tolerate any further presence of Greeks in their

questioning, Diomedes and Odysseus learnt that among the various allies, Thracians were the most vulnerable for they had come last and were sleeping apart

dynasty. The Kingdom of Colchis is established. Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians. The Temple of Artemis is completed in Ephesus. The Temple of Hera I is

old Peristasis (present-day Şarköy of Eastern Thrace). Apart from the Thracians, in the last few years, Pontians and Vlachs have settled down. At the

In Greek mythology, Paraebius (Ancient Greek: Παραίβιος, romanized: Paraíbios) is a Thracian man, a subject of king Phineus of Salmydessus. For years Paraebius

of silver 4.5% 9. Lydia III Hellespontine Phrygians, Phrygians, Asian Thracians, Paphlagonians, Mariandynians, Syrians 360 Babylonian talents of silver

their activity over 200 mounds, which represent funeral practices of the Thracians during the Iron and Roman Eras in the Kazanlak Valley, were studied. Among

After burying his mother, Cadmus was told of the oracle of Delphi by the Thracians. Upon consulting the oracle, he was advised to travel until encountering

League." Thracian Kings, University of Michigan List of Thracian tribes Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ancient Thrace and Ancient Thracians.

Names in other languages: Romanian: Grădiștea Mare.[citation needed] Thracians and Dacians lived in the region prior to the Roman conquering of the Balkans

Written as "Гювезна (Гвоздово)". (in Bulgarian) Assiros Project web pages Thracians and Mycenaeans: Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress [1] The

University Press. Webber, Chris (12 July 2011). The Gods of Battle: The Thracians at War, 1500 BC - 150 AD. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 978-1-84884-942-6.

the Nine Roads (Ennéa Hodoí). The colonists were massacred by nearby Thracians and the colony was abandoned, though the Athenians would return to the

to many tribes throughout the years, but most important have been the Thracians, Slavs and Protobulgarians. The Thracian tribe of Bessi was the main tribe

brought people here from early antiquity. The biggest mark was left by the Thracians who made the region rich in archaeological finds (from around 4th c. BC)

The battle was started by the slingers and the javelin throwers. The Thracians then launched a furious charge against the Italian cavalry, which was

thousand men. [2] As regards the land army supplied by all the nations--Thracians, Paeonians, Eordi, Bottiaei, Chalcidians, Brygi, Pierians, Macedonians

(now İpsala), where the middle of Vulso's column was attacked by 10,000 Thracians when the Roman vanguard had marched past the Thracian position and the

New York: Harper and Brothers. Duridanov, Ivan. The Language of the Thracians Smith, William (1854). "HADRIANO´POLIS". Dictionary of Greek and Roman

Babylon. 551 BC: Confucius was born. 550 BC: Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians. 553–550 BC: Medo-Persian conflict; Cyrus II overthrows the Median king

Quixote by Ludwig Minkus 2007–08 Hava Nagila Finlandia, Op. 26 by Jean Sibelius Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia by Aram Khachaturian Dance of Thracians

Byzantine northern frontier. He leads his warriors — mostly Bulgars, Slavs, Thracians and Macedonians — across the Carpathian Mountains, over the Danube River

Quixote by Ludwig Minkus 2007–08 Hava Nagila Finlandia, Op. 26 by Jean Sibelius Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia by Aram Khachaturian Dance of Thracians

Byzantine northern frontier. He leads his warriors — mostly Bulgars, Slavs, Thracians and Macedonians — across the Carpathian Mountains, over the Danube River

kept in his temple at Bistonia in Thrace). Tiras – eponymous ancestor of Thracians according to Flavius Josephus Lemprière and Wright, p. 358. "Mars was

Seuthes may refer to: Seuthes I, king of the Odrysian Thracians from 424 BC until 410 BC. Seuthes II, king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace, from about

inversions also occur. In the second half of the second millennium BC. Thracians from the Peoni, Agriani and Dentheletae tribes settled in the lands of

Ivanov 1980, p. 8: "Since we have just spoken in the same breath of the Thracians and the Etruscans, in connection with their language and the writing they

(1989). Best, Jan; de Vries, Nanny (eds.). "Thracians, Luwians and Greeks in Bronze Age Central Greece". Thracians and Mycenaeans, Proceedings of the Fourth

(Gr. Ἀμάδοκος) or Medocus (Μήδοκος) was a common name among the ancient Thracians. It was also, according to Ptolemy, the name of a people and mountains

King of Thrace, but rather from Daulia in Phocis, a city inhabited by Thracians. Thucydides cites as proof of this that poets who mention the nightingale

1998 and 1999 as part of a major Bulgarian archaeological exhibition, Thracians' Riches: Treasures from Bulgaria. In 2009–2010, several artifacts were

in the region, with the notable exception of Europus, went over to the Thracians and the Macedonians were forced to retreat to their strongholds. That

Around 146 AD, after a series of conflicts between Roman troops and Thracians, the region surrounding Gotse Delchev came under Roman control. In 106

and XX Valeria Victrix, plus about 20,000 auxiliary troops, including Thracians and Batavians. Legio II Augusta was commanded by the future emperor Vespasian

and Gothia to the Thracians. And the Goths get on their ships—they are made from a single trunk—and cross to Thrace, while the Thracians often drag their

found themselves helpless in the face of Aetolian skirmishing tactics. Thracians were famous for their skirmish war tactics and offered their services

Suludzhak, where traces of many civilizations such as the Roman Empire, Thracians and medieval Bulgarians have been found. The church “Sv. Ivan Rilski”

(Georgiev 1965 [=1977]; Schmitt-Brandt 1967; Ancillotti 1986; Schmid 1987). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ancient Thrace and Ancient Thracians.

"Celestial Scourge" - 3:19 "Martyrdom; Ruin of Gaia" - 3:30 "Tomb of the Thracians" - 3:03 "Delphic Star" - 2:54 "The Captive" - 3:49 "Outro" - 1:39 At the

them in a pitched battle, in which their queen Myrine was slain; the Thracians then pursued the surviving Amazons all the way to Libya. In some versions

avoid relegation when Dermitzakis took over, he managed to improve the Thracians performance and led the club to its first victories in the 2009−10 Superleague

Veselin (September 20, 2008). "Georgi Kitov: Archaeologist Was an Expert On Thracians". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 27, 2018. "Georgi Kitov: Archaeologist

Bulgarian zones. Svolos, at the head of a Committee of Macedonians and Thracians, sent repeated protests to the German authorities protesting the Bulgarians'

by Hugh Lloyd-Jones as "O sun, light greatly honoured by horse-loving Thracians. Procne and the chorus enter. Fitzpatrick believes that the chorus is

Athens withdraws its support for Perdiccas' brother, Philip, and the Thracians promise to assist Perdiccas in capturing him. In return, Perdiccas marches

because (you are) shaken by the failure in the plain and the capture of the Thracians (in case any of you has lost heart because of these events), to become

Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06740-2. "King Cotys I | Ancient Treasures, Ancient Thracians". Retrieved November 2, 2020. "Pelopidas | Theban statesman". Encyclopedia

ISBN 978-0-521-22148-1. Fol, Alexander; Marazov, Ivan (1977). Thrace & the Thracians. New York City: St. Martin's Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0-304-29880-8

Tanintharians Tel Aviv, Israel → Tel Avivians Telford → Telfordians Thrace → Thracians Towcester → Towcestrians Truro → Truronians Tuban, East Java → Tubanians

Tanintharians Tel Aviv, Israel → Tel Avivians Telford → Telfordians Thrace → Thracians Towcester → Towcestrians Truro → Truronians Tuban, East Java → Tubanians

gr The news Portal of Kilkis, Konstantinos Pinelis, "Participation of Thracians in the Fikili Etaireia and in the revolution of 1821", 31 January 2012

Bistonis, the nymph who lived in that lake with her people Bistoni, the Thracians who lived near the lake "Lake Vistonida and Porto Lagos". Democritos University

cavalry numbered 900 in total and was composed of prodromoi, Paeonians and Thracians. Alexander also possessed Greek allied and mercenary infantry, but he

from the other people of Boeotia, and are described by one writer as Thracians (this is a misinterpretation; in this case Anthedon is a Thracian man

the 21st century, Turkish Bulgarians, Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Western Thracians, and Turkish Romanians have used their right as EU nationals to migrate

Brigantian by birth, he served for nine years in the Second Cohort of Thracians." The Brigantes were a Celtic tribe who controlled the largest section

authorities were tribes as far afield as the 'Tynteni' (later Atintani)..." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ancient Thrace and Ancient Thracians.

and Terenzius, an ex-gladiator and Nero look-alike who fools the local Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor. But Lucius's plans are thwarted

reached Anthedon, a town credited with once having been occupied by the Thracians. On the south side it came as far as Thebes and Thespiae. In Thebes, according

to Macedonian expansion and the war against Sitalces, the king of the Thracians. It was probably built as the commercial capital of the kingdom of Macedon

to Macedonian expansion and the war against Sitalces, the king of the Thracians. It was probably built as the commercial capital of the kingdom of Macedon

Hornblower and Antony Spawforth,ISBN 0-19-860641-9, "page 1515, "The Thracians were subdued by the Persians by 516" Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian

000 troops (20,000 Scythian Infantry, 10,000 Scythian cavalry, 2,000 Thracians peltasts and 2,000 Greek mercenaries hoplites) had successfully defeated

sacrificed at the time when Athens was attacked by the Eleusinians and Thracians, or Thebans. Some of these traditions further confound them with Agraulos

Rumelia Union with the Principality of Bulgaria in 1885 gave the struggling Thracians the hope that they would be able to achieve their liberation. They took

account for the increased hiring of mercenaries, especially Cretans and Thracians. The below are the original Peloponnesian members, except the ancient

to Drys, after he fell out with his father-in-law Cotys, King of the Thracians, when he refused to besiege the strongholds of his fellow Athenians in

Revolution. Oxford University Press. pp. 17–18, 51. ISBN 978-0191609718. "The Thracians, Scythians, Persians, Egyptians, Lydians, Lacedaemonians, Athenians, Thebans

Assyrians, Phoenicians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Jews, Macedonians, European Thracians, Paeonians, Achaean Greeks, Ionians, Aegean islanders, Aeolians, Greeks

Oescus (Moesia). It took part in the suppression of rebellion among the Thracians south of the Balkan Range during the establishment of the new province

conquered a tribe that Strabo describes as living among the Illyrians and Thracians – most likely the Scordisci – while simultaneously conducting raids throughout

ISBN 978-0-19-537235-9. Webber, Christopher; McBride, Angus (2001). The Thracians, 700 BC – AD 46. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-329-3. Waterloo Institute

among the Illyrians the Autariatae, Ardiaei, and Dardanii, and among the Thracians the Triballi; that is, they were reduced in warfare by one another at

(Strobel, Dakerkriegen) Taylor 1994, p. 406. Taylor, Timothy (1994). "Thracians, Scythians, and Dacians". The Oxford illustrated prehistory of Europe

colonies were founded from 750 to 550 BC with the agreement of the local Thracians. The Greek villages of Heraklea (Eriklice) (Ancient Greek: Ηράκλεια),