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Because of his influence in the Thracian region, Thucydides wrote, he was sent as a strategos (general) to Thasos in 424 BC. During the winter of 424–423 BC, the Spartan general Brasidas attacked Amphipolis, a half-day's sail west from Thasos on the Thracian coast, sparking the Battle of Amphipolis.
Thucydides [31] mentions about a period in the past, from his point of view, when Thracians had inhabited the region of Phocis, also known as the location of Delphi. He dates it to the lifetime of Tereus – mythological Thracian king and son of the god Ares .
In Summer 1934, up to 10,000 Jews [26] were maltreated, bereaved, [clarification needed] and then forced to quit the region (see 1934 Thrace pogroms). From Bulgaria and Romania between 1934 and 1938 a large wave of Muslims immigrants called Göçmenler went to East Thrace. [27] Today, Thracian is a geographical term used in Bulgaria, Turkey ...
Thucydides reports that the dispute between Athens and Thasos was caused by a dispute over control of markets on the Thracian coast and a gold mine that the Thasians controlled. [1] Most scholars believe that Athens was the aggressor in this dispute, although G.E.M. de Ste. Croix has argued that the Athenians were intervening on behalf of a ...
The Odrysian state was the first Thracian kingdom that acquired power in the region, by the unification [7] of many Thracian tribes under a single ruler, King Teres [8] 5th century BC. It became involved in wars and military conflicts against the Romans , Greek colonies, the kingdom of Macedon and the Diadochi , the Persian Empire , Paeonians ...
Thucydides arrived at the nearby port of Eion on the same day the city surrendered, and defended it with help from those who had left Amphipolis. [11] Meanwhile, Brasidas began to ally with more Thracian towns and attack other towns in the area, such as Torone. The Athenians were afraid that their other allies would quickly capitulate, as the ...
Thucydides called said local rulers paradynasteuontes, meaning "those who share power". [162] A similar elite class loyal only to the king, the hetairoi , could also be found in Macedon. [ 163 ] The Odrysian kingdom appears to have been rather decentralized, consisting of many different regional elites vying for power.
3.2.3 Thracian. 3.2.4 ... Thucydides mentions that several settlements ... Non-Greek and possibly non-Indo-European roots for many Greek toponyms in the region, ...