Roman province of Thrace

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Roman province historical region

The Roman province of Thrace was an imperial administrative region in southeastern Europe, encompassing much of modern-day Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and European Turkey, and serving as a key frontier and cultural crossroads of the Roman Empire.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Roman province of Thracia	6

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman province ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Propontis NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Moesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Heraclea Perinthus NERFINISHED ⓘ Perinthus NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsPartOf	modern Bulgaria ⓘ modern European Turkey ⓘ modern northeastern Greece ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
culturalRole	cultural crossroads of Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolved	Diocletianic reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ late 3rd century ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ mining ⓘ stockbreeding ⓘ trade ⓘ
established	46 ⓘ
establishedBy	Emperor Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ Thracians NERFINISHED ⓘ
event	annexation of Thracian client kingdom ⓘ
governorType	imperial legate ⓘ
importantCity	Abdera NERFINISHED ⓘ Adrianople NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantium NERFINISHED ⓘ Maroneia NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Serdica NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkan Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Europe ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Adrianople (378) vicinity NERFINISHED ⓘ Gothic invasions of 3rd century ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Client Kingdom of Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ Odrysian Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ
romanizationLevel	partial romanization ⓘ
strategicRole	buffer against Danubian tribes ⓘ frontier of Roman Empire ⓘ land route between Europe and Asia Minor ⓘ
successor	Diocese of Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ Theme of Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy	Via Egnatia NERFINISHED ⓘ