Ask the ChatbotGames & QuizzesHistory & SocietyScience & TechBiographiesAnimals & NatureGeography & TravelArts & CultureProConMoneyVideos
Thrace
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Néstos River Alexandroúpoli: lighthouse Thrace Thrissur, Kerala, India: Vadakkumnathan Temple
For Students
Thrace summary
Related Questions
Read Next
Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) (ad 50-54) the fifth Roman emperor (ad 54-68), stepson and heir of the emperor Claudius.
Did Nero Really Fiddle as Rome Burned?
Discover
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Berlin, 1936 - Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the mens 200m at the Summer Olympic Games. Owens won a total of four gold medals.
Was Jesse Owens Snubbed by Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympics?
Clouds of smoke billow up from controlled burns taking place in the Gulf of Mexico May 19, 2010. The controlled burns were set to reduce the amount of oil in the water following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP spill
The Perils of Industry: 10 Notable Accidents and Catastrophes
earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950
Calendar marking march 15th
22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered
The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
The Great Depression Unemployed men queued outside a soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone The storefront sign reads 'Free Soup
5 of the World’s Most Devastating Financial Crises

Thrace: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Thracia • Thráki

Photos

Néstos River
Alexandroúpoli: lighthouse
Thrace
Thrissur, Kerala, India: Vadakkumnathan Temple
See All Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics

Major Events

Balkan Wars
Balkan Wars
Alexander the Great's Empire After the Battle of Ipsos
Battle of Ipsos
Treaty of Sèvres

Related Places

Greece
Greece
Turkey
Turkey
Map showing the countries of Europe with national capitals and surrounding bodies of water, including the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.
Europe
continent
Bulgaria
Bulgaria

Key People

Arsinoe II
queen of Thrace, Macedonia and Egypt
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Michael VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
Byzantine emperor
Basil I
Byzantine emperor
Maximinus, plaster bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
Maximinus
emperor of Rome
Lysimachus
king of Macedonia
Marcian
Roman emperor
Tiberius II Constantinus
Byzantine emperor
Phaedrus
Roman fabulist
Charidemus
Greek mercenary
Saint Eustathius of Antioch
bishop of Antioch
Cersobleptes
king of Thrace