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Thracians followed a polytheistic religion with monotheistic elements. One of their customs was tattooing, common among both men and women. [16] The Thracians culturally interacted with the peoples surrounding them – Greeks, Persians, Scythians and Celts [17] [18] Thracians spoke the now extinct Thracian language and shared a common culture. [1]
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 ...
Shqip; Slovenščina; ... Thracology (2 C, 1 P) Thracian tribes (3 C, 54 P) Pages in category "Thracians" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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, romanized: Thrakē) is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians.
Under this provision, the Albanian Orthodox community of Eastern Thrace, was re-accommodated in Western Thrace, where they settled mainly in new and ethnically homogeneous villages built in order to receive the refugees. [2] Today, this population lives in the same villages, but a part emigrated to bigger towns such as Thessaloniki and Athens. [1]
It encompasses Sredna Gora, the Upper Thracian Plain, and 90% of the Rhodopes. The climate ranges from subtropical to transitional continental and mountainous. The highest temperature recorded in Bulgaria occurred here: it was 45.2 °C (113.4 °F; 318.3 K) at Sadovo in 1916. The main rivers of the region are the Maritsa and its tributaries.
Thracian names are absent in western Dardania; some Illyrian names appear in the eastern parts. The correspondence of Illyrian names – including those of the ruling elite – in Dardania with those of the southern Illyrians suggests a "thracianisation" of parts of Dardania. [ 7 ]
The Maedi (also Maidans, Maedans, or Medi; Ancient Greek: Μαῖδοι or Μαιδοί) were a Thracian tribe in antiquity. [1] Their land was called Maedica (Μαιδική). [ 2 ] In historic times, they occupied the area between Paionia and Thrace , on the southwestern fringes of Thrace, along the middle course of the Strymon , between the ...