Thrace ( / θreɪs /; Greek: Θράκη, romanized : Thráki; Bulgarian: Тракия, romanized : Trakiya; Turkish: Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe. It is split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea to the east.
The Thracians ( / ˈθreɪʃənz /; Ancient Greek: Θρᾷκες Bulgarian: Траки; Thrāikes; Latin: Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history. [1] [2] Thracians resided mainly in the Balkans (mostly modern day Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Greece) but were ...
Western Thrace or West Thrace (Greek: [Δυτική] Θράκη, [Dytikí] Thráki; Turkish: Batı Trakya; Bulgarian: Западна/Беломорска Тракия, Zapadna/Belomorska Trakiya), also known as Greek Thrace, is a geographic and historical region of Greece, between the Nestos and Evros rivers in the northeast of the ...
- 8,578 km² (3,312 sq mi)
- Komotini
- 371,208, (2011 census)
- Alexandroupolis
East Thrace has an area of 23,764 km 2 (3.4 percent of Turkey's land area), slightly smaller than Sardinia; the population density is around 430 people/km 2, compared to about 80 people/km 2 for Asiatic Turkey, which is also called Anatolia or Asia Minor. However, densities are skewed by the metropolis of Istanbul.
Thracia or Thrace (Θρᾴκη Thrakē) is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians. Thrace was ruled by the Odrysian kingdom during the Classical and Hellenistic eras, and briefly by the Greek Diadochi ruler Lysimachus , but became a client state of the late Roman Republic and ...
The Thracians were an ancient Indo-European people. They lived in Central, Western, and Southeastern Europe . Ancient history The indigenous population of Thrace was a people called the Thracians. They were divided into many tribal groups. Thracian troops were known to be used in the Persian army.
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace is the region in Greece with the second lowest GDP per capita and one of the poorest regions in the EU. Major municipalities. Alexandroúpoli (Αλεξανδρούπολη) - 72,959 people; Xánthi (Ξάνθη) - 70,873 people; Kavála (Καβάλα) - 70,501 people; Komotiní (Κομοτηνή) - 66,919 ...
Orphée, héros légendaire de la mythologie grecque, fils du roi de Thrace Œagre et de la muse Calliope. Il est le fondateur mythique d'un mouvement religieux appelé orphisme. Historiques. Spartacus, gladiateur thrace qui mena un soulèvement d'esclaves en Italie.
Kara "Scorpion" Thrace (" Starbuck " in originale) è un personaggio immaginario dell'universo di Battlestar Galactica, interpretato da Katee Sackhoff nella miniserie e nella serie televisiva omonima. È il corrispondente femminile del Tenente Scorpion della serie televisiva originale.
I Traci (in greco antico: Θρᾷκες, Thrâkes) erano una popolazione indoeuropea storicamente stanziata nell'estremità sudorientale della penisola balcanica, nella regione che da loro ha preso il nome ( Tracia, corrispondente grossomodo alle odierne Bulgaria meridionale, Turchia europea e Grecia nordorientale) e in alcune aree adiacenti, espandendos...
Thrace, Modern Greek Thráki, Latin Thracia, ancient and modern region of the southeastern Balkans. The historical boundaries of Thrace have varied.
La Thrace. La Thrace (en grec ancien Θρᾴκη ( Thrákê ), en grec moderne Θράκη ( Thráki ), en bulgare Тракия ( Trakija ), en turc Trakya) est une région historique de la péninsule balkanique partagée de nos jours entre : la Bulgarie ( Thrace du Nord ) ; la Grèce ( Thrace occidentale ou Thrace égéenne) ;