Maedi
Sign in to savethumb|307x307px|The Maedi are visible in this regional map (as "Maidoi"). The Maedi (also Maidans, Maedans, or Medi; ) were a Thracian tribe in antiquity. They were an independent tribe through much of their history, and the Thracian king Sitalkes recognized their independence, along with several other warlike "border" tribes such as the Dardani, Agrianes, and Paeonians, whose lands formed a buffer zone between the powers of the Odrysians on the east and of Illyrian tribes in the west, while Macedon was located to the south of Paeonia.
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- Geography
- Conflict with Macedon
- See also
- References
thumb|307x307px|The Maedi are visible in this regional map (as "Maidoi"). The Maedi (also Maidans, Maedans, or Medi; ) were a Thracian tribe in antiquity. They were an independent tribe through much of their history, and the Thracian king Sitalkes recognized their independence, along with several other warlike "border" tribes such as the Dardani, Agrianes, and Paeonians, whose lands formed a buffer zone between the powers of the Odrysians on the east and of Illyrian tribes in the west, while Macedon was located to the south of Paeonia.
The Maedi are said to have been of the same race as the Bithynians in Asia, and were hence called Maedobithyni. ().