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Afterwards the kingdom disintegrated: southern and central Thrace were divided among three Odrysian kings, while the northeast came under the dominion of the kingdom of the Getae. The three Odrysian kingdoms were eventually conquered by the rising kingdom of Macedon under Philip II in 340 BC.
The Odrysian Kingdom under Sitalces Bronze head of An Odrysian king, most likely Seuthes III The list below includes the known Odrysian kings of Thrace, but much of it is conjectural, based on incomplete sources, and the varying interpretation of ongoing numismatic and archaeological discoveries.
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As the Greeks gained knowledge of world geography, "Thrace" came to designate the area bordered by the Danube on the north, by the Euxine Sea (Black Sea) on the east, by northern Macedonia in the south, and by Illyria to the west. [10] This largely coincided with the Thracian Odrysian kingdom, whose borders varied over
The conquest of the southern part of Thrace by Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BC made the Odrysian kingdom extinct for several years. After the kingdom was reestablished, it was a vassal state of Macedon for several decades under generals such as Lysimachus of the Diadochi. [citation needed] Mosaic depicting the Battle of Issus, 333 BC
The Odrysian kingdom (Ancient Greek, "Βασιλεία Όδρυσων") was a union of Thracian tribes that endured between the 5th century BC and the 3rd century BC. 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
Odrysian kingdom & Environs,431 BC. Sitalces (Sitalkes) (/ s ɪ ˈ t æ l ˌ s iː z /; Ancient Greek: Σιτάλκης; reigned 431–424 BC) was one of the kings of the Thracian Odrysian state. [1] The Suda called him Sitalcus (Σίταλκος). [2] He was the son of Teres I, and on the sudden death of his father in 431 BC succeeded to the ...
Bronze Head of Seuthes III found by Georgi Kitov in 2004 at his tomb at Golyamata Kosmatka, now at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia. Seuthes III (Ancient Greek: Σεύθης, Seuthēs) was a Thracian king of Odrysia, a part of Thrace, during the late 4th century BC (securely attested between 324 and 312 BC).