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Thrace: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Thráki • Thracia

Photos

The Nestos River curves through a green valley in western Thrace, Greece, with forested mountains in the background and a railway track entering a tunnel in the rocky hillside.
Alexandroúpoli: lighthouse
Map of Europe highlighting the region of Thrace in orange, spanning parts of southeastern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and northwestern Turkey near the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. Surrounding countries and major bodies of water are labeled for geographic context.
Thrissur, Keralam, India: Vadakkumnathan Temple
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Major Events

Balkan Wars
Balkan Wars
Alexander the Great's Empire After the Battle of Ipsos
Battle of Ipsos
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Treaty of Sèvres

Related Places

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Bulgaria
country, Europe
Map showing the countries of Europe with national capitals and surrounding bodies of water, including the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.
Europe
continent
Greece
Greece
country, Europe
Flag of Turkey featuring a red field with a white crescent moon and white five-pointed star.
Turkey
country, Asia and Europe

Key People

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Arsinoe II
queen of Thrace, Macedonia and Egypt
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
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Michael VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
Byzantine emperor
Basil I
Byzantine emperor
Maximinus, plaster bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
Maximinus
emperor of Rome
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Lysimachus
king of Macedonia
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Marcian
Roman emperor
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Tiberius II Constantinus
Byzantine emperor
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Phaedrus
Roman fabulist
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Charidemus
Greek mercenary
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Saint Eustathius of Antioch
bishop of Antioch
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Cersobleptes
king of Thrace