Thraco-Roman

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The term Thraco-Roman describes the Romanized culture of Thracians under the rule of the Roman Empire.

Historical background

Before the Romans

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Arrival of the Romans

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The Odrysian kingdom of Thrace became a Roman client kingdom ca. 20 BC, while the Greek city-states on the Black Sea coast came under Roman control, first as civitates foederatae ("allied" cities with internal autonomy). After the death of the Thracian king Rhoemetalces III in 46 AD and an unsuccessful anti-Roman revolt, the kingdom was annexed as the Roman province of Thracia.[1]

Post-Roman period

Language

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Religion

"Thracian horseman" relief with Latin inscription at Philippi.

Archaeological sites

Famous individuals

This is a list of several important Thraco-Roman individuals:

  • Maximinus Thrax, Roman Emperor from 235 to 238.
  • Dionysius Exiguus, a 6th-century monk born in Scythia Minor, most likely of local Thraco-Roman origin.[4]:130–131
  • Justin I, Byzantine Emperor from 518 to 527, was possibly of Thraco-Roman stock.[5][6][7][8][9]
  • Vitalian, an East Roman general who rebelled in 513 against Emperor Anastasius I (r. 491–518). Vitalian may have been of local Thracian stock, born in Scythia Minor or in Moesia; his father bore a Latin name, Patriciolus, while two of his sons had Thracian names and one a Gothic name.[4]:129
  • Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565 and born in Tauresium[10] around 482.[11] His Latin-speaking peasant family is believed to have been of Thraco-Roman or Illyro-Roman origins.[12][13][14]
  • Belisarius, a general during the reign of Justinian I. He was born in Germane (nowadays Sapareva Banya) in Western Thrace, possibly of Thracian[15] origin. Commanded several campaigns for reconquering Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire.

See also

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Further reading

Notes

  1. Soustal (1991), pp. 59–60
  2. Dimitŭr Nikolov, "The Thraco-Roman Villa Rustica near Chatalka, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria", British Archaeological Reports, 1976
  3. Second Meeting of the Expert Working Group: The 50 Most Attractive Tourist Sites in the Cross Border Region of Dobrudzha, http://www.dobrudzhatour.net/resources/72/doc_1333365852.pdf
  4. 4.0 4.1 Patrick Amory, People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489–554, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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  10. The precise location of this site is disputed; the possible locations include Justiniana Prima near the modern town of Lebane in southern Serbia and Taor near Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
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  12. Justinian referred to Latin as being his native tongue in several of his laws. See Moorhead (1994), p. 18.
  13. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian by Michael Maas
  14. Justinian and Theodora Robert Browning, Gorgias Press LLC, 2003, ISBN 1-59333-053-7,p. 23.
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References

  • Nicolae Saramandru: “Torna, Torna Fratre”; Bucharest, 2001–2002; Online: .pdf.
  • Nicolae-Şerban Tanaşoca: “«Torna, torna, fratre» et la romanité balkanique au VI e siècle” ("Torna, torna, fratre, and Balkan Romanity in the 6th century") Revue roumaine de linguistique, XXXVIII, Bucharest, 1993.
  • Nicolae Iorga: “Geschichte des rumänischen Volkes im Rahmen seiner Staatsbildungen” ("History of the Romanian people in the context of its statal formation"), I, Gotha, 1905; “Istoria românilor” ("History of the Romanians"), II, Bucharest, 1936. Istoria României ("History of Romania"), I, Bucharest, 1960.
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