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pdfmerchant.bsky.social
happy Imbolc to all my Celtic homies*

*ignore this if you’re Roman, Greek, Carthaginian, Etruscan, Macedonian, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Norse, Dacian, Thracian, Slavic, Hunnic, or Wiccan
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
jamiesonmckay.bsky.social
Show me how you draw armor 🛡️
A medieval guard wearing a brigandine, holding a halberd. A knight wearing mail and a great helm, with a cape and holding a Norman style "kite" shield and a spear. A gladiator style warrior wearing a helmet cross between a secutor and thracian helm.
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
byteseu.bsky.social
President Iotova Extends Greetings to Union of Thracian Societies in Bulgaria

https://www.byteseu.com/1761099/

President Iliana Iotova has sent a congratulatory address on the occasion of the general reporting and elective assembly of the Supreme Committee of the Union of Thracian Societies in …
President Iotova Extends Greetings to Union of Thracian Societies in Bulgaria - Bytes Europe
President Iliana Iotova has sent a congratulatory address on the occasion of the general reporting and elective assembly of the Supreme Committee of the Union
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January 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM
gmoreau.bsky.social
Young Thracian Woman Carrying the Head of Orpheus https://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/young-thracian-woman-carrying-the-head-of-orpheus
Young Thracian Woman Carrying the Head of Orpheus
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 AM
isabellemarie.bsky.social
2,500-Year-Old Dog Remains from Thracian Sites Analyzed.
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News - 2,500-Year-Old Dog Remains from Thracian Sites Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine
SOFIA, BULGARIA—According to a Live Science report, a review of information on butchered dog bones […]
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January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
the-knowledge-base.bsky.social
The 10 biggest cities in Bulgaria

1. Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital and largest city, is nestled at the foot of the Vitosha Mountain, offering stunning natural vistas alongside urban life. Its history stretches back over 2,000 years, with Thracian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman influences visible…
The 10 biggest cities in Bulgaria
1. Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital and largest city, is nestled at the foot of the Vitosha Mountain, offering stunning natural vistas alongside urban life. Its history stretches back over 2,000 years, with Thracian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman influences visible in its architecture and culture. The iconic Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, with its golden domes, is a symbol of the city’s Orthodox Christian heritage.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
romanbritain.bsky.social
Bronze #cooking pan (trulleus) the handle is stamped with the names of the Gaulish maker Maturus and that of the 1st Thracian cavalry regiment. Found in a well of an officer's house on the museum site #Isca Caerleon

#RomanBritain

#Roman #Archaeology #Wales
January 28, 2026 at 9:58 AM
veliteaquila.bsky.social
Thracian peltast, 5th century B.C.
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 PM
chapps.bsky.social
The article below adds some fascinating detail to the rule of the #Thracian king Seuthes III, whose bronze portrait head, greaves and helmet I've photographed, below. He straddled multiple cultures, as the treasures from his tomb attest. 🏺

📸 me #ancientbluesky

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The slightly over-life-size bronze head of a bearded man was found ipropped up on the ground of a rich Thracian tomb. As can be seen from the ragged edges of the bronze's neck, the head was crudely separated from the body of a statue, of which no trace was discovered in the tumulus. The excavators have speculated that the comprehensive equipment of the tomb with royal accoutrements despite the absence of human remains, together with the deposition of a reused partial portrait statue, suggests a symbolic rather than physical interment of the king. His body was not in the tomb. The hollow-cast bronze itself is in an exceptional state of preservation. The surfaces of both the hair and the flesh parts display a noble patina, in a palette between malachite green and dark chocolate browns. Most extraordinary, however, are the composite eyes, made from various materials, including alabaster for the sclera and glass in contrasting colors and opacity levels for the pupils, irises, and lacrimal caruncles. The eyes are inserted into open sockets of the hollow bronze, where they are framed by eyelashes cut from thin sheets of copper. The translucency and reflectiveness of the irises are such that the eyes retain their literal sparkle, giving the portrait an intense gaze that has rarely failed to stun viewers in the twenty years since the portrait's discovery. The image of a mature man is characterized by an ovoid skull, with a rounded forehead, wide-set eyes under bushy eyebrows, a large and aquiline nose, long handlebar mustache, and an untrimmed, scraggly beard - spade-like and jutting forward. In the combination of these iconographic and physiognomic details, the head is unlike any known portrait of a Greek man, including philosophers or rulers. The context of the head's discovery in the tomb of Seuthes Ill makes it more than plausible that the portrait indeed represents that Odrysian king. 3/4 view of the front, with its shaggy beard jutting forward. The slightly over-life-size bronze head of a bearded man was found ipropped up on the ground of a rich Thracian tomb. As can be seen from the ragged edges of the bronze's neck, the head was crudely separated from the body of a statue, of which no trace was discovered in the tumulus. The excavators have speculated that the comprehensive equipment of the tomb with royal accoutrements despite the absence of human remains, together with the deposition of a reused partial portrait statue, suggests a symbolic rather than physical interment of the king. His body was not in the tomb. The hollow-cast bronze itself is in an exceptional state of preservation. The surfaces of both the hair and the flesh parts display a noble patina, in a palette between malachite green and dark chocolate browns. Most extraordinary, however, are the composite eyes, made from various materials, including alabaster for the sclera and glass in contrasting colors and opacity levels for the pupils, irises, and lacrimal caruncles. The eyes are inserted into open sockets of the hollow bronze, where they are framed by eyelashes cut from thin sheets of copper. The translucency and reflectiveness of the irises are such that the eyes retain their literal sparkle, giving the portrait an intense gaze that has rarely failed to stun viewers in the twenty years since the portrait's discovery. The image of a mature man is characterized by an ovoid skull, with a rounded forehead, wide-set eyes under bushy eyebrows, a large and aquiline nose, long handlebar mustache, and an untrimmed, scraggly beard - spade-like and jutting forward. In the combination of these iconographic and physiognomic details, the head is unlike any known portrait of a Greek man, including philosophers or rulers. The context of the head's discovery in the tomb of Seuthes Ill makes it more than plausible that the portrait indeed represents that Odrysian king. Right side view, showing the hooked nose in particular. Excavated from the Golyama Kosmatka tumulus (burial mound) in 2004, these bronze greaves were among the opulent grave goods associated with the Thracian King Seuthes III. The armor found in the tumulus - a bronze helmet, this pair of decorated bronze greaves, a gorget-pectoral, and fragments of a composite (leather?) corselet - was all highly decorative and probably ceremonial. The greaves were cast in separate molds for the right and left legs, and additionally forged and chiseled; the knees are decorated in high relief with heads of Athena wearing an Attic helmet with three crests, supported by figures of a sphinx (the central one) and griffins (the lateral ones). Bronze, late 4th century BCE. Kazanlak, Iskra Historical Museum, Bulgaria. Photographed by me at an exhibition on ancient Thrace at the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu, California. From the Golyama Kosmatka tumulus near the town of Shipka, Bulgaria. The tomb inside is believed to be associated with the Thracian king Seuthes III (ca. 330-300/295 BCE). A rich assembly of luxury objects and armor were found in the burial chamber, including this bronze helmet and several silver vessels bearing inscriptions with the king's name, as well as a few bronze coins of Seuthes. The archaeologists did not, however, find any human remains or other evidence of an actual burial. This helmet is of the so-called Chalkidian type, with fixed cheekpieces, and belongs to the "Thracian group" with an outwardly curved nape guard. In the middle of the pediment-like frontal part, there is a dotted inscription: ΣΕΥΘΟΥ, "(belonging to) Seuthes." Soldered above the inscription is a gilded-silver appliqué depicting the frontally facing head of the goddess Athena wearing a winged helmet terminating in a swan's head at the top. Two silver plume holders were attached above the temples. Late 4th century BCE, bronze and silver with partial gilding. Kazanlak, Iskra Historical Museum, Bulgaria. ______ Photographed at the Getty Villa Museum, part of the 'Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece' exhibition.
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
dithorba.bsky.social
A terrible thought that in the future someone will argue that Altena's really good speed growth (65%) being impeded by being a wyvern rider (which has a pitiful 23 speed cap) is a representation of Altena's true identification of Leonster being impeded/suppressed being "artificially Thracian"
January 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
rogueclassicist.bsky.social
A 2,300-Year-Old Thracian Inscription Reveals the Man King Seuthes III Could Not Lose - Arkeonews
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A 2,300-Year-Old Thracian Inscription Reveals the Man King Seuthes III Could Not Lose - Arkeonews
New research reinterprets a 2,300-year-old Thracian inscription, revealing a key figure at the court of Odrysian king Seuthes III in early Hellenistic Thrace.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
cozmosis.bsky.social
An Italian winemaker who set up an estate in the Thracian Valley in Bulgaria?

Sure.

Attention to detail and the resulted pinot noir is reach and fresh from its hillsides. Red-berry and spice notes aplenty as expected.

Perfect match for the roast pork belly tonight. Great label too.
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
rankednews.bsky.social
2,500 years ago, people in Bulgaria ate dog meat at feasts and as a delicacy, archaeological study finds: An archaeological study of dog bones from 10 Iron Age sites in Bulgaria, dating back 2,500 years, reveals that the Thracian people consumed dog meat not out of ne… https://ranked.news/144099?u=b
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January 25, 2026 at 12:02 AM
molossus-spondee.bsky.social
Same shit goes with Greeks and Thracian and Anatolian slaves.

Some bullshit like that. That's just how slave societies worked.
January 24, 2026 at 2:42 AM
labrujulaverde.bsky.social
A 2,300-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Revealing the Identity of the Enigmatic Figure Mentioned in a Thracian Inscription www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/a...
A 2,300-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Revealing the Identity of the Enigmatic Figure Mentioned in a Thracian Inscription
An academic study reexamines a large inscription from the ancient Thracian city of Seuthopolis and proposes an innovative interpretation of Epimenes, a central and until now unknown figure, suggesting...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM
six18sfoundry.bsky.social
Orpheus & Eurydice in the Thracian Suburbs
Curly blonde wife says to square jaw v neck husband : Her League of Women is powerful. You're crazy! Cocteau Orpheus even funnier that Nick Cave version Square jaw hubby pouring big glass of red for chugging. Curly blonde wife says: Orpheus, you never drink!
January 21, 2026 at 11:07 AM
chrononaut.bsky.social
Greek Wikipedia is a weird place to learn that Thucydides was probably at least half-Thracian
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
chrononaut.bsky.social
Here's a story that illustrates Russian imperialist plundering during the 19th century that occurred even in friendly countries.

It's about the Dalboki Treasure - artifacts from a Thracian aristocrat's burial that was found near the village of Dalboki, close to the city of Stara Zagora in Bulgaria.
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
edward86.bsky.social
pontius pilate's origins are unkown actually. he could have easily been greek or thracian
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
fxmc1957.bsky.social
PHOTO OF THE DAY. A Thracian chariot and horses, found in the village of Karanovo, Bulgaria, thought to date from 1st century AD. 📷 google images
January 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
hammertimec.bsky.social
The exemplary Gundestrap Cauldron is a 9kg silver wonder found dismantled in Denmark but likely of Thracian origin. Just fantastic.
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
mathetria.bsky.social
LOVE those Macedonian and Thracian style (burial) wreathes.
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
amacdon6.bsky.social
Back to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 after another brilliant #Grogmeet 😊. Had some great players (and just enough ☠️ stamp action 😂) in my #DCC funnel, played Dee Sanction, SW Age of Rebellion, WFRP and Vaesen and had a blast at all of them. Thanks to the fantastic GMs and players. Is there a better con anywhere?
A floor plan of a ruined ancient Thracian temple, hand drawn on brown card with gusto (but little talent) by yours truly, with trees and shrubs and meeples. All on a table top with various RPG paraphernalia. A dungeon floor plan, hand drawn on brown card with gusto (but little talent) by yours truly, with a meeple packed corridor. All on a table top with various RPG paraphernalia. A tabletop with the Dee Sanction RPG and other rpg paraphernalia A tabletop with the a beautiful map and other rpg paraphernalia
January 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
daltonherriott.bsky.social
Are there any underrated/lesser-known Romans that you are interested in? Maximinus Thrax is one of those for me: His name means "greatest/largest Thracian" and he reportedly stood around 8 feet in height.

The random assortment of family members instantly killed by Constantius II interest me too. 🗃️
Bust of Maximinus Thrax
January 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM
scipioasina.bsky.social
A good study in English is Zivka Velkova's *The Thracian Glosses* (Adolf M. Hakkert, 1986), which catalogues and carefully examines those glosses. Her list of "definitely Thracian" words is pretty slim and primarily cover "everyday life" (e.g., terms for types of clothing).
January 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM