Bisaltae
The Bisaltae (
Nestus in the east, and are even said to have raided Cardia
.
Between the 470s and 450s BC they issued large silver coins, which depict a naked horseman standing next to a horse and wearing a
Macedon. He continued to mint coinage from the silver mine at Lake Prasias, using the same coinage designs as the previous Bisaltian coinage.[1] At the division of Macedon into four districts by the Romans after the battle of Pydna
(168) the Bisaltae were included in Macedonia Prima.
Plutarch, in his Life of Perikles, says that the Athenians established a colony ("cleruchy")"a thousand to dwell among the Thracian tribe of the Bisaltae." This colony was meant to strengthen Athen's hold over the wealthy region around Amphipolis, which would become a major battleground in the Peloponnesian War.
Their country was rich in
Ge
points to a very early settlement in the district.
References
- ^ ISBN 9781107015371.
Bibliography
- A History of Macedonia: 550-336 B.C by ISBN 0-19-814814-3
- [1] D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 54-56. ISBN 960-7265-16-5