Thracians

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Indo-European people ancient people

Thracians were an ancient Indo-European people who inhabited the region of Thrace in Southeast Europe, known for their warrior culture, distinctive art, and interactions with Greek, Persian, and later Roman civilizations.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Odrysian kingdom 1
Odrysians 1
Thracian 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
artifacts Thracian gold treasures ⓘ
Thracian tombs ⓘ
artStyle Thracian art ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian Empire

Roman Empire ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
culturalSuccessor medieval Balkan populations ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Thrace ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Balkans ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
parts of modern Bulgaria ⓘ
parts of modern Greece ⓘ
parts of modern Turkey ⓘ
interactedWith Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenid Persians

Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greeks

Romans ⓘ
knownFor distinctive art ⓘ
horsemen ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
warrior culture ⓘ
knownFrom Greek sources ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ
archaeological evidence ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
locatedInThePast Balkans ⓘ
surface form: Southeast Europe
militaryRole auxiliaries in Roman armies ⓘ
mercenaries in Greek armies ⓘ
partlyRomanized Roman Empire ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
spokeLanguage Thracian language ⓘ
subgroup Bessi ⓘ
Dii ⓘ
Getae ⓘ
Thracians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Odrysians

Satrae ⓘ
Triballi ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
worshippedDeity Bendis ⓘ
Sabazios ⓘ
Thracian Horseman ⓘ
Zalmoxis ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thrace → ancientPeople → Thracians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thracian
this entity surface form: ancient Thracians
Costoboci → culture → Thracians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thracian culture
this entity surface form: Odrysian kingdom
Costoboci → ethnicGroupOf → Thracians ⓘ
Moesia → ethnicGroups → Thracians ⓘ
Thrace → historicallyInhabitedBy → Thracians ⓘ
Illyrians → neighborOf → Thracians ⓘ
Thracians → subgroup → Thracians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odrysians