Thracia XXII. In Bulgarian and English with summaries in English

     The papers in this volume of the Thracia series result from the work on a project of the Professor Alexander Fol Centre of Thracology at the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology on the topic Ancient Thrace during the First Millennium BC: Economy, Politics, Society and Culture. It is part of the academic project The Thracians. Genesis and Development of the Ethnos, Cultural Identities, Civilisational Interactions and Heritage from Ancient Times of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Most of the texts included in the volume were presented as reports at the conference organised in Sofia at the end of 2014 involving scholars and specialists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, the New Bulgarian University and museums in the country. The papers and studies presented here are by authors from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Macedonia, and they offer a multilateral and original reading of various issues of Thracian history and culture during the first millennium BC.

Table of contents

Political and social history

K. Porozhanov. Empire and Polis In Thrace, Hellas and Rome (In the Context of the States from the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th/5th Century BC — 1st/2nd Century AD) (summary)

K. Porozhanov. Polis and Ethnos along the Western Black Sea Coast: 3rd Century BC — 1st Century AD (summary)

P. Petkov. On Some Issues in the Political History of Triballoi, Illyrians and Celts in the 3rd—1st Century BC (summary)

S. Dimitrova. Ancient Sources on the Social Categories Tarabosteis, Pilleati/ Πιλοφόροι and Capillati/Κoμῆται/Comеtаi (Comatаi) (summary)

K. Stoev. The Roman Conquest and the Beginning of the Roman Rule in the Thracian Lands. II: Livius, Periochae 134—142 and the Campaign of Lentulus against the Dacians (summary)

Epigraphics and text issues

S. Yanakieva. On the Name of Seuthes’ Translator (Xen. Anab. 7, 6, 43) (summary)

D. Kotova. The Historian Theopompos and His Creative Interest in Kotys (summary)

M. Izdimirski. Mesambria Persica (Ad Arr. Anab. (Ind.) 8, 39, 2-4) (summary)

R. Popova. Antonia Tryphaina beyond the Anonymity in the Literary Sources (summary)

L. Radulova. IGBulg III 2, 1581 аs а Source on the Administrative Practices in the Thracia Province at the Time of the Severi (summary)

B. Markova. The Bessi in Rome (summary)

M. Banev. On the Fiduciary Heirs from Moesia And Thrace (Gerov, ILB 136 & Kurylowicz, ZPE 60 (1985), pp. 189—198) (summary)

Religion and mythology

V. Lozanova-Stantcheva. Euripides’ Tragedy Hecuba: Metamprphosis and Ritual Space (summary)

V. Fol. Rhesus — Literary Image or Literature-Like Notion about the Horseman Hero of the Thracians (summary)

M. Ivanov. Once again about the Thracian Hero and St George (summary)

Archaeological and numismatic monuments as historical sources

K. Dimitrov. Studying the Numismatic Sources on the Odrysian Kingdom in Thrace (End of 6th — 4th Century BC): Classification, Methodology and Main Results [full text]

P. Ilieva. Thracians on the Northern Aegean Islands: Written Testimonia and Current Archaeological Evidence [full text]

R. Georgieva, E. Filipova. Cooking Techniques and Cooking Tools in Thrace (First Millennium BC) (summary)

E. Filipova. Sources on the Types of Breads and Cakes, and Ways of Preparing them in Ancient Thrace (summary)

K. Pramatarov. Rich Graves in the Thracia Province (1st—3rd Century): Emergence, Essence and General Characteristics (summary)

T. Spiridonov. From Archaeology to History: Thrace during the Late Antiquity (summary)

Тракия XXII

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