Thrace (disambiguation)

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Thrace is a geographic region in the eastern Balkans, today divided between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.

Historical entities

  • Thrace (satrapy)
    , an Achaemenid Persian province
  • Odrysian kingdom, which ruled much of Thrace in Antiquity, formed by the Odrysians
  • Thracia, a Roman imperial province
  • Diocese of Thrace, a late Roman/early Byzantine province
  • Thrace (theme), a middle and late Byzantine province

Geographical/political divisions

  • Eastern Thrace
    , the Turkish part of Thrace, also known as European Turkey
  • Northern Thrace, the Bulgarian part of Thrace
  • Western Thrace, the Greek part of Thrace, part of the East Macedonia and Thrace periphery

Other uses

  • Thrace (mythology), the region's eponymous heroine in Greek mythology
  • Kara Thrace, a character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica
  • Mount Thrace
    , mountain in Antarctica

See also