Thrace/Skudra (satrapy)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
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Last modified
May 03, 2024 02:26 PM
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History
A satrapy of the Achaemenid Persian empire established in Thrace in 513 BC by Darius I and Megabazus and abandoned in 479 BC following the failure of Xerxes' invasion of Greece. It was a minor satrapy, subordinate to the central main satrapy of Lydia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/24323808
40.8983773333, 25.8369568333
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- Thrace/Skudra (satrapy) part of (administrative) Lydia/Sparda (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Byzantium part of (administrative) Thrace/Skudra (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Myrkinos part of (administrative) Thrace/Skudra (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Thasos (settlement) part of (administrative) Thrace/Skudra (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)
satrapy
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Pleiades
Chris de Lisle, and Tom Elliott, 'Thrace/Skudra (satrapy): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/24323808> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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