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This article lists kings of Thrace and Dacia, and includes Thracian, Paeonian, Celtic, Dacian, Scythian, Persian or Ancient Greek rulers up to the point of its fall to the Roman Empire, with a few figures from Greek mythology.
Thracian king and queen. Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak, 4th century BC. A fresco of a Thracian woman in the Ostrusha Mound, in central Bulgaria. Several Thracian graves or tombstones have the name Rufus inscribed on them, meaning "redhead" – a common name given to people with red hair [56] –and consequently the Romans came to associate the name ...
Rhesus (/ ˈ r iː s ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ῥῆσος Rhêsos) is a mythical king of Thrace in The Iliad who fought on the side of Trojans.Rhesus arrived late to the battle and while asleep in his camp, Diomedes and Odysseus stole his team of horses during a night raid on the Trojan camp.
The historian Diodorus Siculus even called both of them "kings of the Thracians", although this is most likely a misunderstanding: by 405 Seuthes II still considered Amadocus I as his suzerein. [48] Amadocus was the son of a previous king Sitalces, while Seuthes II was the son of a Thracian chieftain named Maisades.
The Thracian "Dionysos" was a guarantor of oaths, as attested by him being invoked in a regulation by a mid-4th century BCE Thracian king which confirmed the rights of emporitai in Pistiros. Coins of the king Ketriporis were decorated with images of Dionysus wearing an ivy wreath. [30]
Excavations by a Thracian Expedition for Tumular Investigations (TEMP) in the Region of Kazanluk from 1995 till 1997. - TALANTA, XXX-XXXI, 1998–1999, Amsterdam 31-54 (with D. Dimitrova) The Thracian Valley of the kings in the Region of Kazanluk - In: Tombes tumularies de I`Age du fer dans le Sud - Est de L~Europe.
The tomb of the Thracian King Seuthes III has been identified as the Golyamata Kosmatka mound, at a distance of 1 km south of the town of Shipka in Bulgaria. [25] It was discovered in 2004 by the Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov. Items found inside included the golden wreath of the ruler, a golden kylix (shallow wine cup), greaves and a ...
Kings of the Thracians. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. K. Kings of Dacia (20 P) M. Mythological kings of Thrace (21 P) O.