Thracia

c. 480 BC–c. 30 BC
Flag of Thrace
The Odrysian kingdom under king Sitalces (c. 431–424)
The Odrysian kingdom under king Sitalces (c. 431–424)
CapitalUscudama (c. 480–330 BC)
[citation needed] Seuthopolis (c. 330–250 BC)
Common languagesThracian
Greek (used in writing and among trade and administration)
Thraco-Illyrian
Religion
Thracian polytheism
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraClassical antiquity
• Foundation
c. 480 BC
340 BC
• Rebellion of Seuthes III
c. 330
• Destruction of Seuthopolis
c. 250
• Conquest of Odrysian heartlands by the Sapaeans
c. 30 BC
Area
• Total
150,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Prehistoric Balkans
Skudra (Achaemenid Empire)
Kingdom of Macedon
Getae
Tylis
Sapaean kingdom
Today part ofBulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Romania
Provincia Thracia
ἐπαρχία Θρᾳκῶν
Province of the Roman Empire
46–c. 680 AD

The province of Thracia within the Roman Empire, c. 125 AD
CapitalHeraclea Perinthus
(modern-day Marmara Ereğlisi, Turkey)
Historical eraClassical antiquity
• Annexation of Thracian client state
46
• Division by Diocletian
293
• Theme of Thrace established
c. 680 AD
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Thracian Kingdom
Thrace (theme)
Macedonia (theme)
Today part ofBulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–38), showing the imperial province of Thracia in southeastern Europe.
The Roman diocese of Thraciae.

Thracia or Thrace (Ancient Greek: Θρᾴκη, romanizedThrakē) is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians. Thrace was ruled by the Odrysian kingdom during the Classical and Hellenistic eras, and briefly by the Greek Diadochi ruler Lysimachus, but became a client state of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire as the Sapaean kingdom. Roman emperor Claudius annexed the kingdom as a Roman province in 46 AD.

Greek vase painting showing a Thracian woman with tattooed arms, c. 470 BC
  1. ^ Kouremenos 2016, p. 46.


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