Thracians
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Bronze head of Seuthes III from his tomb The Thracians (; ; or Θρήϊκες in Ionic Greek) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history. Thracians resided mainly in Southeast Europe in modern-day Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, northern Greece and European Turkey, but also in north-western Anatolia (Asia Minor) in Turkey.
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The Thracians were an Indo-European people who lived in Southeast Europe during ancient times, occupying regions that today span Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey. They are historically significant because they represent an important ancient civilization in Southeast Europe whose territory and cultural influence extended across a large and strategically important region.
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- Etymology
- Mythological foundation
- Origins
- Identity and distribution
- Greek and Roman descriptions
- Warfare
- Troops
- Weapons and Armour
- Physical appearance
- History
- Homeric period
- Archaic period
- Achaemenid Thrace
- Odrysian Kingdom
- Greek raids to enslave Thracians
- Macedonian Thrace
- Celtic Migrations
- Roman Thrace
- Aftermath
- Legacy
- Culture
- Language
- Religion
- Marriage
- Genetics
- Notable people
- Thracology
- Archaeology
- Multidisciplinary Studies
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|250px|Bronze head of Seuthes III from his tomb The Thracians (; ; or Θρήϊκες in Ionic Greek) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history. Thracians resided mainly in Southeast Europe in modern-day Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, northern Greece and European Turkey, but also in north-western Anatolia (Asia Minor) in Turkey.
The exact origin of the Thracians is uncertain, but it is believed that Thracians like other Indo-European speaking groups in Europe descended from a mixture of Proto-Indo-Europeans and Early European Farmers.