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The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes who spoke the Thracian language - a rare branch of the Indo-European language family. Those peoples lived in Thrace: the eastern, central and southern part of the Balkan peninsula, and the adjacent parts of Eastern Europe.

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  • Peltaste

    Illustration of 5th–4th century BC Thracian peltast.

  • AtlBalk.e-150

    Southeastern Europe in the second century BC.

  • Thracia SPQR

    The province of Thracia within the Roman Empire, c. 116 AD

  • TribesinThrace

    Tribes in Thrace

  • Thrace-ostrusha

    A fresco of a woman in the Ostrusha Mound in central Bulgaria.

  • ThracianTribes

    Thracian tribes and heroes.

  • Diadochen1

    Kingdom of Lysimachus and the Diadochi.

  • Helmet of Cotofenesti - Front Large by Radu Oltean

    Golden Dacian helmet of Cotofenesti, in Romania.

  • Koson 79000126

    Gold coins that have been minted by the Dacians, with the legend ΚΟΣΩΝ.

  • Dioecesis Thraciae 400 AD

    Map of the Diocese of Thrace (Dioecesis Thraciae) c. 400 AD.

  • Thracian Horseman Histria Museum

    Thracian Roman era "heros" (Sabazius) stele.

  • Bergaios thracian king

    Coin of Bergaios, a local Thracian king in the Pangaian District, Greece.

  • Thracian treasure NHM Bulgaria

    A gold Thracian treasure from Panagyurishte, Bulgaria.

  • Shushmanets3

    Thracian tomb Shushmanets build in 4th century BC

  • Thomb-Sveshtari

    The Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari

  • Thomb-Sveshtari-2

    The interior of the Sveshtari tomb

  • Kazanluk 1

    Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

  • Sofia Archeological Museum bronze head

    Bronze head of Seuthes III from his tomb

  • The Thracian tomb Goliama Kosmatka, Bulgaria 01

    Tomb of Seuthes III

  • SeuthIIIHeroon SM

    Interior of Tomb of Seuthes III

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