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The Roman gladiator Spartacus was a Thracian warrior.
Herodotus says of the Thracians, “to live by war and plunder is of all things most glorious.”
I am Thracian!......................
The historian Thucydides was the son of a man named Olorus, but whether that means Thucydides had Thracian ancestry is uncertain. Possibly he was related somehow to Cimon. But his father's name could just mean that his grandfather had ties of friendship with the Olorus who was king in Thrace (but not of all of Thrace).
For that matter, Roman emperor Maximinus Thrax was Thracian. He was proclaimed emperor by his legion, had a lot of support, probably was well known throughout the Roman army. He was allegedly illiterate, allegedly taller than most, and seems to have known how to lead troops. After less than three years, he was murdered, circa age 65. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that it was what we’d call a contract hit.
His predecessor met the same end. Factions in the Senate still thought they got to boss everyone around, and that led to a few years of civil war, and probably both assassinations.
This all took place near the beginning of a 50 year period called the Crisis of the Third Century, which come to think of it was probably the result of factional feuds in the Roman senate.
I’m pretty fond of a few of these 3rd c crisis emperors, including M. Thrax, and the kinda spectacular Aurelian, as well as the pretender Carausius in Britain and part of Gaul. That old teen series by Rosemary Sutcliff that starts with “Eagle of the Ninth” does a nice job dramatizing him (”The Silver Branch”).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximinus_Thrax
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Maximinus_Thrax_Musei_Capitolini_MC473.jpg
https://www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/2021/01/11/carausius/
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