Bulgaria - a brief history outline - The Thracians
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Thracians settled not only on the peninsular mainland and the Mediterranean islands, but also moved south-eastwards into Asia Minor. Thracians took part in the Trojan War. Homer recorded that the Thracian chieftain Rezos appeared before the walls of Troy with the most handsome and well-built horses, whiter than snow and fleet as deer.
During the first millennium B.C. the Thracian tribes were a relatively unified tribal entity. Their history can be classified in two main periods: the first one dates from the end of the second millennium B.C. until the end of the 6th century B.C. During this period, and particularly after the eighth century B.C., Greek colonizers began to settle along the Aegean and Black Sea littoral. Quite a number of Greek city-colonies had Thracian names, including Byzantion- later the famous capital of Byzantium (Greek settlers from the town of Megara formed this colony, naming it after Byzas the Thracian). The second period, from the end of the 6th century until the turn of the 3rd century B.C. was the Golden Age of the Thracian state and culture.
http://www.eunet.bg/books/history/thracians.html
GOLD RUSH: Thracian artifacts, like this piece of horse's armor, reveal Bulgaria's past
From the Magazine Treasures Fit For The Kings A spate of spectacular discoveries could completely change our view of the Thracians, one of history's most mysterious peoples...
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901050606-1066875,00.html
Actually, good point, I think we had a brace of Thrace topics a year or more ago, including one about the gold in them thar hills.