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Odrysian kingdom
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’s former capital was Uscudama or Odrysia which is now the city of Edirne, in the European part of Turkey. King Seuthes III later moved the capital to Seuthopolis, now located at the bottom of the “Koprinka” reservoir near the town of Kazanlak in Central Bulgaria.
That union of Thracian tribes that endured between the 5th century BC and the 3rd century BC consisted largely of present-day Bulgaria, spreading to parts of Romania, northern Greece and Turkey. It is the first Thracian kingdom that acquired power in the region, by the unification of many Thracian tribes under a single ruler, King Teres ( 450 BC – 431 BC ). According to the Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides, a royal dynasty emerged from among the Odrysian tribe in Thrace around the end of the sixth century BC,
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Philippopolis is one of the oldest cities in Europe. It is a contemporary of Troy and Mycenae, and older than Rome, Athens, Carthage or Constantinople. Archaeologists have discovered fine pottery and other objects of everyday life from as early as the Neolithic Age, showing that in the end of the 7th millennium B.C there already was an established settlement there. According to Ammianus Marcellinus, Plovdiv’s written post-Bronze Age history lists it as a Thracian fortified settlement named Eumolpias. In 342 BC, it was conquered by Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great, who renamed it “Φιλιππόπολις”, Philippopolis or “the city of Philip” in his own honour. Later, it again became independent under the Thracians, until its incorporation into the Roman Empire, where it was called Trimontium (City of Three Hills) and served as metropolis (capital) of the province of Thrace. Thrimontium was an important crossroad for the Roman Empire and was called “The largest and most beautiful of all cities” by Lucian. In those times, the Via Militaris (or Via Diagonalis), the most important military road in the Balkans, passed through the city. The Roman times were a glorious period of growth and cultural excellence. The ancient ruins tell a story of a vibrant, growing city with numerous public buildings, shrines, baths, and theatres. Many of those are still preserved and can be seen by the curious tourist wishing to experience the charm of ancient Rome up close.
The Slavs had fully settled in the area by the middle of the 6th century, but the region only became a province in Bulgaria in or about 815. It remained in Bulgarian hands until conquered by the Byzantine Empire in 970 or 971. The city again came to be known as Philippopolis and became Greek in character. Aime de Varennes in 1180 encountered the singing of Greek songs in the city that recounted the deads of Alexander the great and his predecssors, over 1300 years before.
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Apollonia (nowadays Sozopol) is one of the oldest towns on Bulgarian Thrace’s Black Sea coast. The first settlement on the site dates back to the Bronze Age. Undersea explorations in the region of the port reveal relics of dwellings, ceramic pottery, stone and bone tools from that era. Many anchors from the second and first millennium BC have been discovered in the town’s bay, a proof of active shipping since ancient times.
The town, at first called Antheia, was colonized in Thrace on the shore of the Pontus Euxinus, principally on a little island, by Anaximander (born 610-609 BC) at the head of Milesian colonists. The name was soon changed to Apollonia, on account of a temple dedicated to Apollo in the town, containing a famous colossal statue of the god Apollo by Calamis, 30 cubits high, transported later to Rome by Lucullus and placed in the Capitol. At various times, Apollonia was known as Apollonia Pontica (that is, Apollonia on the Black Sea, the ancient Pontus Euxinus) and Apollonia Magna (Great Apollonia).
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Originally a
Thracian settlement
known as Menebria founded in the 2nd millennium BC, the town became a Greek colony when settled by Dorians from Megara at the beginning of the 6th century BC, and was an important trading centre from then on and a rival of Apollonia (Sozopol). Remains from the Hellenistic period include the acropolis, a temple of Apollo, and an agora. A wall which formed part of the Greek fortifications can still be seen on the north side of the peninsula. Bronze and silver coins were minted in the city since the 5th century BC and gold coins since the 3rd century BC.
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Archaeologists from the National Archaeological institute and Museum at the Bulgarian Academic for Science and their colleagues from the historical museum at Pomorie are working up on studies about the ancient town
Ulpia Anhialeon Paleokastro, ask known as
Anchialos. The reason is much more space for the magestic beam of this so popular town. The place between that two road forks for Pomorie is the western periphery of one of the biggest Roman settlements at Bulgaria. The ancient Greek colony Anhialo, the Roman emperor city
Ulpia Anhialeon Paleokas and the late ancient ruins are preserved. They are under not so big layer of earth and stones at area, known as “Paleokastro” near Pomorie. By the archaeologists the ancient Paleokastro is almost virgin. It is good luck, which was not given in any chance at
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Archaeologists are working up on mason Thracian tomb at saving excavations near Cherniche village. The team with leader the thracologist from the National archaeologist institute Georgi Nehrizov is expolirg that tomb, dated to IV-III before Christ. The sepulchre’s chamber got fully preserved holding of the walls. The dimensions of the tomb are 2/1.80 m and height 2m. The antechamber has been destroyed by treasure hunters during the last year with steam navvy. The archaeological study of this tomb may finish today. Specialists are debating for the protection of this object. The tomb is fully open.
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