Thracia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, Richard Talbert, Ryan Horne
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History
Thracia refers to a territory occupied by the Thraci (or Thracians), a human population of the northern Balkan Peninsula whose reach stretched from the north Aegean Sea to the Danube river. Parts of Thracia would eventually become incorporated into the Roman provinces of Moesia and Thracia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501638
41.5178303653, 26.9624137954
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.
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- Brea connection Thracia (unspecified date range)
- Molyvoti/Stryme? part of (regional) Thracia (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Myrtonion connection Thracia (unspecified date range)
- Serreion (settlement) located in Thracia (unspecified date range)
region, map label location
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 F1 Thracia
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E.N. Borza, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, Richard Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Thracia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501638> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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