Roman Thrace

378 battle between Roman Empire and Goths

Historic Roman road in the Balkans passing through Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria,Turkey

thumb|250px|Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–38), showing the [[imperial province of Thracia in southeastern Europe]] thumb|250px|The Roman diocese of Thraciae

324 battle

diocese of the Roman Empire

Syrian bishop of Tyre and saint (c. 255 – 362)

antique Roman road in the Balkans

Byzantine district (theme)

Roman province

thumb|A Thraex (left) fighting a murmillo, mosaic from Bad Kreuznach, Germany The Thraex (: Thraeces), or Thracian, was a type of Roman gladiator armed in Thracian style. His equipment included a parmula, a small shield (about 60 × 65 cm) that might be rectangular, square or circular; and a sica, a short sword with a curved blade like a small version of the Dacian falx, intended to maim an opponent's unarmoured back. His other armour included greaves, a protective belt above a loincloth, and a helmet with a side plume, visor and high crest.

Roman Client Queen of Thrace (10 BC - AD 55)

Haemimontus () was a late Roman and early Byzantine province, situated in northeastern Thrace. It was subordinate to the Diocese of Thrace and to the praetorian prefecture of the East. Its capital was Adrianople, and it was headed by a praeses. In the 5th century, Epiphanius in a report mentions a three dioceses within the province; the Diocese of Adrianopolis, the Diocese of Plotinoupolis and an unnamed third diocese. The province was superseded by the Theme of Thrace during the 7th century, but survived as an Orthodox ecclesiastical metropolis until late Byzantine times.

ancient Roman road from Byzantium (Istanbul) to the Danube Delta

Traianoupoli () or Traianopolis in Thrace, Trajanopolis or Trajanople was a medieval settlement in the 14th century in the Evros regional unit of East Macedonia and Thrace region, northeastern Greece, nowadays named Loutra Traianoupoleos.

one of the Seventy Disciples

battle between Roman and Gothic forces (250)

Plotinopolis () is an ancient city founded in Thrace by the Roman emperor Trajan and named after his wife, Pompeia Plotina. In the 6th/7th centuries, it was replaced by the nearby city of Didymoteichon.

branch of Gothic people who settled in Thrace and Moesia