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  2. List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of ancient cities, towns, villages, and fortresses in and around Thrace and Dacia. A number of these settlements were Thracian and Dacian , but some were Celtic , Greek , Roman , Paeonian , or Persian .

  3. Thrace - Wikipedia

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    The modern boundaries of Thrace in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey The physical–geographical boundaries of Thrace: the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Rhodope Mountains (highlighted) and the Bosporus The Roman province of Thrace c. 200 AD The Byzantine thema of Thrace Map of Ancient Thrace made by Abraham Ortelius in 1585, stating both the names Thrace and Europe Thrace and the Thracian ...

  4. Cardia (Thrace) - Wikipedia

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    But this didn't make Cardia necessarily always pro-Athenian: when in 357 BC Athens took control of the Chersonese, the latter, under the rule of a Thracian prince, was the only city to remain neutral; but the decisive year was 352 BC when the city concluded a treaty of amity with king Philip II of Macedonia.

  5. Elaeus - Wikipedia

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    Elaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἐλαιοῦς Elaious, later Ἐλεοῦς Elaeus), the “Olive City”, was an ancient Greek city located in Thrace, on the Thracian Chersonese. Elaeus was located at the southern end of the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles ) near the southernmost point of the Thracian Chersonese (now the Gallipoli peninsula ) in ...

  6. List of ancient Greek cities - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis.Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.

  7. List of cities of Thrace - Wikipedia

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    The modern boundaries of Thrace in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey This is a list of cities and towns in Thrace , a geographical region split between Bulgaria , Greece and Turkey . The largest cities of Thrace are: Istanbul (European side), Plovdiv , Burgas , Edirne , and Stara Zagora .

  8. Bisanthe - Wikipedia

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    Bisanthe (Ancient Greek: Βισάνθη) was a great city in ancient Thrace, on the coast of the Propontis, which had been founded by the Samians. [1] [2] ...

  9. Abdera, Thrace - Wikipedia

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    Abdera was a wealthy city, the third richest in the League, due to its status as a prime port for trade with the interior of Thrace and the Odrysian kingdom. [11] In 408 BC, Abdera was reduced under the power of Athens by Thrasybulus, then one of the Athenian generals in that quarter. [22]