Thracians Thracians Bisaltia (Bisaltica) was an ancient region extending from the river Strymon and Lake Cercinitis on the east to Crestonia on the west. The eponymous inhabitants, known as the Bisaltae, were a Thracian people. The most important town in Bisaltia was the Greek city of Argilus. There was a river named Bisaltes in the region, which has not been certainly identified. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bisaltia"
Bithynia was an ancient province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine (today Black Sea). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bithynia"
Burebista, the greatest king of Dacia, ruled between 70 BC and 44 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burebista"
According to a Greek legend, Byzas was a Greek colonist (reported by some to be a leader or even a king) from the Doric colony of Megara in Ancient Greece, who consulted the oracle of Apollo at Delphi. The oracle instructed Byzas to settle opposite from the "Land of the Blind". Leading a group of Megarian colonists, Byzas found a superb location opposite Chalcedon on the mouth of the Bosphorus Strait. He determined the Chalcedonians must have been blind not to recognize the advantages the land on the European side of the Bosphorus had over the Asiatic side. Byzas founded Byzantium on the European side in 667 BC, thus completing the oracle's quest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Byzas"
Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, named by the ancient greeks Getae, was a large district of Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa, on the east by the Tyras or Nistru, now in eastern Moldova). It thus corresponds in the main to modern Romania and Moldova. The capital of Dacia was Sarmizegetusa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dacia"
For other uses of Dryas, see Dryas (disambiguation). ...more on Wikipedia about "Dryas"
A greave (from 12th century French greve "shin", of uncertain origin) is a piece of armour that protects the leg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greave"
This is a list of ancient Thracian cities, towns, villages, and fortresses. A number of these cities were Greek cities. An asterisk [*] indicates that the toponym is reconstructed. The endings -bria ("town, city"), -disza, -diza, -dizos ( "fortress, walled settlement"), -para, -paron, -pera, -phara ("town, village") are from the Thracian language, as are numerous other lexical elements in this list. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of ancient Thracian cities"
This page lists Kings of Bithynia, an ancient kingdom in northwestern Anatolia. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Kings of Bithynia"
The Mares of Diomedes were four, magnificent, wild, uncontrollable, man-eating horses. They belonged to the giant Diomedes, King of Thrace, a son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea. Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse, was said to be descended from these mares. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mares of Diomedes"
The Odrysian kingdom was a union of Thracian tribes that endured between the 5th century BC and the 3rd century BC. It consisted largely of present-day Bulgaria, spreading to parts of Romania, northern Greece and Turkey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Odrysian kingdom"
Olorus was the name of a king of Thrace. His daughter Hegesipyle married the Athenian statesman and general Miltiades, who defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC 1. ...more on Wikipedia about "Olorus"
In Greek legend, Orpheus was the chief representative of the arts of song and the lyre, and of great importance in the religious history of Greece. The mythical figure of Orpheus was borrowed by the Greeks from their Thracian neighbours; the Thracian "Orphic Mysteries", rituals of unknown content, were named after him. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orpheus"
Spartacus was a Roman slave, who led a large slave uprising in what is now Italy, (then the Italian Peninsula), during 73 BC- 71 BC. His army of escaped gladiators and slaves defeated many Roman legions, in what is known as the Third Servile War, one of the three slave rebellions of ancient Rome. This war was also known as the "Gladiator War". ...more on Wikipedia about "Spartacus" My http://www.shortopedia.com is mine.
Thrace ( Greek Θρᾴκη Thrákē, Bulgarian Тракия Trakija, Turkish Trakya) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe spread over southern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece ( Western Thrace), and European Turkey. Thrace borders on three seas: the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. In Turkey it is also called Rumeli. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thrace"
The Thracian language was the Indo-European language spoken in ancient times by the Thracians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thracian language"
* Semele - in Greek mythology, the mother of Dionysus. Semele is probably borrowed from Thracian or Phrygian (cf. Phrygian Zemelô, an earth goddess). ...more on Wikipedia about "Thracian mythology"
The Thracians were an Indo-European people, inhabitants of Thrace and adjacent lands (present-day Bulgaria, Romania, Republic of Moldova, northeastern Greece, European Turkey and northwestern asiatic Turkey, eastern Serbia and parts of Republic of Macedonia). They spoke the Thracian language. They exhibited great mastery in metalwork. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thracians"
In the ancient world, Thynia was a region of Asia Minor adjacent to Bithynia. It was occupied by the Thyni, a Thracian people who came from Thrace. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thynia"
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