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Which valuable mining rights did Thucydides hold in Thrace?

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Thucydides Thucydides manuscript, 3rd century bc (Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, P. Hamburg 163).

Thucydides held valuable mining rights in the gold mines located in Thrace, specifically those situated opposite the island of Thasos. These holdings were part of the property he owned in the region, where he was a man of significant influence.1