General Secretatiat of the Region of East Macedonia Thrace, 1994, hardcover, illustrated, 415 pages, 23.2 cms x 29.3 cms x 3.4 cms, condition: as new.
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Bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea to the east, Thrace comprises present-day southeastern Bulgaria (Northern Thrace), northeastern Greece (Western Thrace), and the European part of Turkey (East Thrace). Lands also inhabited by ancient Thracians extended in the north to modern-day Northern Bulgaria and Romania and to the west into Macedonia.
East Thrace, the primarly region covered by this book, was the setting for several important events in history and legend, including:
The Greek myth of Hero and Leander takes place in the ancient city of Sestus.
Aeneas founded the city of Aenus while trying to find new lands during his mythological travels.
After the death of Alexander the Great, in the period called the Diadochi, Alexander's general Lysimachus (360-281 BC) became king of Thrace and established his capital in Lysimachia.
The Battle of Adrianople in 378 was an important turning point in the decline of the Roman Empire.
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