Thracia

Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 41.518, 26.962 · 5 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 219Cassius Dio, Roman HistoryAfter wintering, Elagabalus went through Thrace, Moesia and the two Pannonias to Italy and stayed there until his death; because of Macrinus's letters, he took no revenge on those who had insulted him
AD 221Cassius Dio, Roman HistoryA spirit resembling Alexander the Great appeared on the Ister's banks and, with a procession of 400 men with thyrsi, passed through Moesia and Thracia in daylight as far as Byzantium, with no official or soldier stopping it
AD 813Epitome of Histories by ZonarasThe Roman army is defeated by the Bulgarian army and driven back (subheading)
AD 1343Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman HistoryTaking advantage of the civil war, the Turks cross by ship from Asia to Thrace, burning fields, driving off livestock and enslaving people.
AD 1351Nikephoros Gregoras, Roman HistoryA passage attesting that Kantakouzenos, with Turkish troops, ravaged Thrace in summer and devastated its cities in winter.

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