Seuthopolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.G. Poulter Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: A.G. Poulter Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 07, 2018 08:02 PM
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History
Seuthopolis was an ancient Thracian city that followed Hellenistic paradigms in terms of city planning. The city was founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III in the late fourth century BC and served as the capital of the Odrysian kingdom. Located near the modern city of Казанлъ̀к (Kazanlak) in Bulgaria, the site was excavated in the 1940s and subsequently submerged by the filling of the Koprinka reservoir.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216981
42.612271, 25.362928
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 14697 (330 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Seuthopolis (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Seuthopolis capital of Odrysae (region) (unspecified date range)
- Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak located near Seuthopolis (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Tomb of Seuthes III located near Seuthopolis (330 BC - 30 BC)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 22 C6 Seuthopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: BUL
A.G. Poulter, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Seuthopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216981> [accessed: 16 June 2025]
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