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This is a list of ancient cities, towns, villages, and fortresses in and around Thrace and Dacia. A number of these settlements were Dacian and
Thracian The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied ...
, but some were Celtic,
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, or
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. A number of cities in
Dacia Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It ...
and
Thrace Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to ...
were built on or close to the sites of preexisting Dacian or Thracian settlements. Some settlements in this list may have a double entry, such as the Paeonian ''Astibo'' and
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''Astibus''. It is believed that Thracians did not build true cities even if they were named as such; the largest Thracian settlements were large villages.The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC by John Boardman, I. E. S. Edwards, E. Sollberger, and N. G. L. Hammond ,, 1992, page 612: "Thrace possessed only fortified areas and cities such as Cabassus would have been no more than large villages. In general the population lived in villages and hamlets..." The only known attempt to build a
polis ''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also ...
by the Thracians was
Seuthopolis Seuthopolis (Ancient Greek: Σευθόπολις) was an ancient hellenistic-type city founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III between 325–315 BC and the capital of the Odrysian kingdom. Its ruins are now located at the bottom of the Koprinka ...
.,The Thracians 700 BC-AD 46 by Christopher Webber, , 2001, page 1, "...the city of Seuthopolis seems to be the only significant town in Thrace not built by Greeks..." although Strabo considered the Thracian cities with "bria" ending polises. Some of the Dacian settlements and fortresses employed the traditional Murus Dacicus construction technique. Note: Throughout these lists, an asterisk indicates that the
toponym Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...
is reconstructed.


Daco-Thracian

Many city names were composed of an initial lexical element affixed to ''-dava'', ''-daua'', ''-deva'', ''-deba'', ''-daba'', or ''-dova'', which meant "city" or "town" Endings on more southern regions are exclusively ''-bria'' ("town, city"), ''-disza'', ''-diza'', ''-dizos'' ("fortress, walled settlement"), ''-para'', ''-paron'', ''-pera'', ''-phara'' ("town, village"). Strabo translated -bria as polis, but that may not be accurate. Thracian ''-disza'', ''-diza'', and ''-dizos'' are derived from
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''*dheigh-'', "to knead clay", hence to "make bricks", "build walls", "wall", "walls", and so on. These Thracian lexical items show a
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of PIE ''*gh-''.
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include
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''teichos'' ("wall, fort, fortified town", as in the town of
Didymoteicho Didymoteicho ( el, Διδυμότειχο, Didymóteicho ) is a city located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town ...
) and Avestan ''da?za'' ("wall"). It is suggested that the "dava" endings are from the
Dacian language Dacian is an extinct language, generally believed to be Indo-European, that was spoken in the Carpathian region in antiquity. In the 1st century, it was probably the predominant language of the ancient regions of Dacia and Moesia and possib ...
, while the rest from the
Thracian language The Thracian language () is an extinct and poorly attested language, spoken in ancient times in Southeast Europe by the Thracians. The linguistic affinities of the Thracian language are poorly understood, but it is generally agreed that it wa ...
. However "dava" towns can be found as south as
Sandanski Sandanski ( bg, Сандански ; el, Σαντάνσκι, formerly known as Sveti Vrach, bg, Свети Врач, until 1947) is a town and a recreation centre in south-western Bulgaria, part of Blagoevgrad Province. Named after the Bulga ...
and Plovdiv. Some "dava" toponyms contain the same linguistic features as "diza" toponyms, e.g. Pirodiza and Pirodava. The first written mention of the name "Dacians" is in Roman sources. Strabo specified that the Daci are the Getae, identified as a Thracian tribe. The Dacians, Getae and their kings were always considered as Thracians by the ancients (Dio Cassius, Trogus Pompeius, Appian, Strabo, Herodotus and Pliny the Elder) and were said to speak the same language. The
Dacian language Dacian is an extinct language, generally believed to be Indo-European, that was spoken in the Carpathian region in antiquity. In the 1st century, it was probably the predominant language of the ancient regions of Dacia and Moesia and possib ...
is considered a variety of the
Thracian language The Thracian language () is an extinct and poorly attested language, spoken in ancient times in Southeast Europe by the Thracians. The linguistic affinities of the Thracian language are poorly understood, but it is generally agreed that it wa ...
. Such lexical differentiation -dava vs. para, would be hardly enough evidence to separate Dacian from Thracian, thus they are classified as dialects. It is also possible that '-dava' and '-bria' mean two different things in the same language, rather than meaning the same thing in two different languages. Thus bria could have been used for urbanized settlements, similar in scale and design to those of the "civilised" peoples like Greeks and Romans, whereas '-dava' could mean a settlement which is rural, being situated in the steppe-like part of the Thracian lands. * Abydos *
Acidava Acidava (''Acidaua'') was a Dacian and later Roman fortress on the Olt river near the lower Danube. The settlements remains are located in today's Enoşeşti, Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. History After the Roman conquest of Dacia by Roman ...
(''Acidaua''), a fortress town close to the
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, located in today's Piatra-Olt,
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* Abdera * Acatapara * Aedava (''Aedeva'', ''Aedabe'', ''Aedeba'' or ''Aedadeba''), placed by
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on the Danubian road between Augustae and Variana, in Moesia (the present Northern
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) * Aedeva, modern
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* Agatapara * Ahypara *
Aiadava Aiadava (''Aiadaba'' or ''Aeadaba'', gr, Αἰάδαβα) was a Dacian town in the Remesiana region, present day Bela Palanka, Serbia. After the Romans conquered Moesia in the 75 BC, the new castrum (imperial domain with estates) and municip ...
(''Aiadaba'' or ''Aeadaba'', gr, Αἰάδαβα), a locality in the
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region in present-day
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* Aizis * Alaaibria (''Aixis'', ''Aixim'', ''Airzis'', ''Azizis'', ''Azisis'', ''Aizisis'', ''Alzisis'', ''Aigis'', ''Aigizidava*'', ''Zizis''), mentioned by Emperor
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in Dacica * Amutria (''Amutrion'', ''Amutrium'', grc, Ἀμούτριον), a Dacian town close to the
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, possibly today's
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, Gorj County,
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* Apulon (''Apoulon'', ''Apula''), a fortress city close to modern
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from which the
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* Apsynthus * Arcobadara *
Argedava Argedava (''Argedauon'', ''Sargedava'', ''Sargedauon'', ''Zargedava'', ''Zargedauon'', grc, Αργεδαυον, Σαργεδαυον) was an important Dacians, Dacian town mentioned in the Decree of Dionysopolis (48 BC), and potentially ...
(''Argedauon'', ''Sargedava'', ''Sargedauon'', ''Zargedava'', ''Zargedauon'', grc, Αργεδαυον, Σαργεδαυον), mentioned in the
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, potentially the dava discovered at Popești, a district in the town of
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, Giurgiu County,
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and maybe
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's court or capital * Argidava (''Argidaua'', ''Arcidava'', ''Arcidaua'', ''Argedava'', ''Argedauon'', ''Sargedava'', ''Sargedauon'', ''Zargedava'', ''Zargedauon'', grc, Ἀργίδαυα, Αργεδαυον, Σαργεδαυον), potentially
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's court or capital, located in today's
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* Artanes, modern Lom * Arutela * Apulon * Atipara * Authiparu *
Bergula Bergule or Bergula or Bergoule ( grc, Βεργούλη), also Bergulium or Bergoulion (Βεργούλιον), also called Bergulae or Virgulae, was a town in ancient Thrace, which was in later times called Arcadiopolis, Arcadiupolis, or Arkadioupo ...
* Berzobis, ancient Bârzava, Romania * Bataldeua * Bazopara * Bediza * Belaidipara * Bendipara * Beodiza *
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, modern ( Luleburgaz) * Beripara *
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, modern Stara Zagora * Bessapara of the Bessi tribe, today
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, capital of the Odrysae * Bolbabria * Bortudiza * Bospara * Bregedava * Breierphara, near modern
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* Brentopara * Briparon * Buatpara *
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('' Burridava''), today's Ocnele Mari, Romania * Burtudiza * Busipara * Buteridava *
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* Capidava ('' Kapidaua''), a fortress town on the southern side of the lower
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* Carsidava or Karsidaua * Cedonia, near
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* Chesdupara * Cleipadava * Crenides * Cumidava ('' Comidava'', '' Komidaua''), ancient
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, Romania * Cumlideva * Cypasis * Danedebai, * Dausdava ('' Dausadava'', '' Dausdavua''), "The shrine of wolves", a fortress town close to the
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* Dentheletica, capital of the
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tribe, modern
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* Desudaba or Maedius of the
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tribe, modern
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* Diacum * Dierna * Dinogetia, located above the
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* Drusipara * Egeta * Ergines * Eumolpias, later Pulpudeva translating ''Philippopolis'', the name resulted in modern Plovdiv, prehistoric settlement * Gatae *
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* Gellipara *
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, settlement located south of the Danube * Germania, "hot water", modern
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, site of the
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tribe * Germisara "hot water" * Gildova ('' Gildoba''), located along the
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, capital of the
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tribe * Itadeba ('' Itadava'') * Isgipara *
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* Istria (
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Malva ''Malva'' is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temper ...
, a Dacian settlement where Roman
Romula Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania. It was the capital of Dacia Malvensis, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia. History The Roman ...
was built * Marcodava (Dacia) ('' Markodaua'') * Maskiobria * Melsambria, modern
Nessebar Nesebar (often transcribed as Nessebar and sometimes as Nesebur, bg, Несебър, pronounced ) is an ancient city and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative centr ...
* Melta, modern
Lovech Lovech ( bg, Ловеч, Lovech, ) is a city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast from the capital city of Sofia. Near ...
* Murideba * Mutzipara* Napoca, ancient Cluj-Napoca, Romania * Naulochas, modern Obzor * Nentinava ('' Netindaua''), ancient
Slobozia Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 48,241 in 2011. Etymology Its name is from the Romanian "slobozie", which meant a recently colonized village which was free of taxation. The word its ...
, Romania * Nentivava, ancient Olteniţa, Romania * Netindava * Nipsa near Panisus *
Oescus Oescus, Palatiolon or Palatiolum ( bg, Улпия Ескус, ) was an important ancient city on the Danube river in Roman Moesia. It later became known as ''Ulpia Oescus''. It lay northwest of the modern Bulgarian city of Pleven, near the v ...
of the
Triballi The Triballi ( grc, Τριβαλλοί, Triballoí, lat, Triballi) were an ancient people who lived in northern Bulgaria in the region of Roman Oescus up to southeastern Serbia, possibly near the territory of the Morava Valley in the late Iron A ...
tribe * Odryssa or Uscudama, modern
Edirne Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis ( Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders ...
, capital of the Odrysae or Bessi tribe * Onokarsis, capital residence of the Odrysae, possibly modern Starosel * Orsudisza * Ostudiza * Patridava ('' Patridaua'') * Patruissa *
Pelendava Pelendava (''Pelendoua'', ''Potulatensioi'', ''Polonda'' ) was a Dacian town. Ancient sources Ptolemy's Geographia Tabula Peutingeriana Etymology History Dacian town Roman times Archaeology See also * Daci ...
('' Pelendova''), ancient Craiova, Romania * Perburidava *
Perperikon The ancient Thracian city of Perperikon (also Perpericum; bg, Перперикон, el, Περπερικόν) is located in the Eastern Rhodopes, 15 km northeast of the present-day town of Kardzhali, Bulgaria on a 470 m high rocky hill ...
* Pinon * Piroboridava * Petra, fort of
Maedi The Maedi (also ''Maidans'', ''Maedans'', or ''Medi''; grc, Μαῖδοι or Μαιδοί) were a Thracian tribe in antiquity. In historic times, they occupied the area between Paionia and Thrace, on the southwestern fringes of Thrace, along t ...
* Petrodava ('' Petrodaua''), located in Piatra Neamț * Piroboridava (''Piroboridaua'') * Pizos * Polondava * Polymbria * Potaissa (''Patavissa''), ancient
Turda Turda (; hu, Torda, ; german: link=no, Thorenburg; la, Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the Europ ...
, Romania * Predava * Priskupera * Quemedava, mentioned by Procopius in DardaniaEthnic continuity in the Carpatho-Danubian area by Elemér Illyés, 1988, , page 223 * Ramidava (''Rhamidaua'') *
Ratiaria Ratiaria (or: Raetiaria, Retiaria, Reciaria, Razaria; bg, Рациария; el, Ραζαρία μητρόπολις;) was a city founded by the Moesians, a Daco-Thracian tribe, in the 4th century BC, along the river Danube. In Roman times it w ...
* Recidava *
Remesiana Remesiana (Byzantine Greek: Ρεμεσιανισία) was an ancient Roman city and former bishopric, which remains an Eastern Orthodox and also a Latin Catholic titular see, located around and under the modern city of Bela Palanka in Serbia. R ...
* Romboses *
Rusidava Rusidava (or Zusidava) was a Dacian town mentioned in Tabula Peutingeriana between Acidava and Pons Aluti, today's Drăgășani, Vâlcea County, Romania. See also * Dacian davae * List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia * Dacia D ...
(''
Rusidava Rusidava (or Zusidava) was a Dacian town mentioned in Tabula Peutingeriana between Acidava and Pons Aluti, today's Drăgășani, Vâlcea County, Romania. See also * Dacian davae * List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia * Dacia D ...
'') * Ruconium * Sacidava ('' Sacidaba'') * Sagadava * Salmydessos, modern
Kıyıköy Kıyıköy, formerly Midye, ancient/medieval Medea ( bg, Мидия, el, Μήδεια), is a small town on the Black Sea coast in the district of Vize in Kırklareli Province in northwestern Turkey. It is from Vize and away from Kırklareli. ...
, residence of the Odrysae * Sandava * Sangidaua * Sarmizegetusa ('' Sarmisegetuza''),
Decebalus Decebalus (), sometimes referred to as Diurpaneus, was the last Dacian king. He is famous for fighting three wars, with varying success, against the Roman Empire under two emperors. After raiding south across the Danube, he defeated a Roman invas ...
's capital and holy place * Scaidava ('' Skedeba'') *
Scaptopara Blagoevgrad ( bg, Благоевград ) is а town in Southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Municipality and of Blagoevgrad Province. With a population of almost inhabitants, it is the economic and cultural centre ...
, of the
Dentheletae The Dentheletae ( el, Δενθελῆται), also Danthaletae (Δανθαλῆται) or Denseletae, were a Thracian tribe that in antiquity lived near the sources of the River Strymon, and are mentioned in texts by Polybius, Cassius Dio, Tacit ...
tribe, modern
Blagoevgrad Blagoevgrad ( bg, Благоевград ) is а town in Southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Municipality and of Blagoevgrad Province. With a population of almost inhabitants, it is the economic and cultural centre ...
* Scaripara * Scedabria * Scelabria * Scept *
Selymbria Selymbria ( gr, Σηλυμβρία),Demosthenes, '' de Rhod. lib.'', p. 198, ed. Reiske. or Selybria (Σηλυβρία), or Selybrie (Σηλυβρίη), was a town of ancient Thrace on the Propontis, 22 Roman miles east from Perinthus, and 44 Rom ...
, modern
Silivri Silivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a city and a district in Istanbul Province along the Sea of Marmara in Turkey, outside the urban core of Istanbul, containing many holiday and weekend homes for residents of the city. Th ...
in European TurkeyAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation, by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 465: "Megara was principal or sole founder of...Kalchedo...Selymbria...Byzantion...Astakos...Herakleia pontike and possible Olbia..." *
Serdica Serdika or Serdica ( Bulgarian: ) is the historical Roman name of Sofia, now the capital of Bulgaria. Currently, Serdika is the name of a district located in the city. It includes four neighbourhoods: "Fondovi zhilishta"; "Banishora", "Orlandov ...
of the
Serdi The Serdi were a Celtic tribe inhabiting Thrace. They were located around Serdica ( bg, Сердика, Serdika; ; el, Σαρδική o Σαρδῶν πόλις, Sardike o Sardon polis), now Sofia in Bulgaria, which reflects their ethnonym. They ...
tribe, modern
Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
*
Setidava Setidava, mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geography, was a Dacian outpost in north central Europe. This town, with the typical Dacian location name ending of ''- dava'', was mentioned in Ptolemy's Germania, who placed it north of Calisia (''Kalisia'') ...
('' Setidaua''), mentioned by Ptolemy as a thriving settlement *
Seuthopolis Seuthopolis (Ancient Greek: Σευθόπολις) was an ancient hellenistic-type city founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III between 325–315 BC and the capital of the Odrysian kingdom. Its ruins are now located at the bottom of the Koprinka ...
* Singidava ('' Singidaua'') * Sintica of the Sintoi tribe * Skaripara * Skaskopara * Spinopara * Stratopara * Strupil * Subzupara *
Sucidava Sucidava (Sykibid, Skedevà after Procopius,Olga Karagiorgou Σucidava after Vasile Pârvan, where Σ is pronounced "sh"Pârvan - știri din Dacia Malvensis http://www.cimec.ro/Arheologie/ParvanArticole/ParvanStiriNouaDinDaciaMalvensis.pdf)) ...
('' Suvidava'', '' Sukidaua''), located in Corabia, Olt County, Romania * Susudava, mentioned by Ptolemy as a thriving settlement * Sykidaba * Tamasidava ('' Tamasidaua'') * Tarpodiza *
Tapae Tapae was a fortified settlement, guarding Sarmizegetusa, the main political centre of Dacia. Its location was on the Iron Gates of Transylvania, a natural passage breaking between Țarcului and Poiana Ruscă Mountains and connecting Banat to ...
, a Dacian outpost guarding Sarmisegetuza and the site of two major battles between Dacians and Romans * Teichos, residence of the Odryssae *
Therma Therma or Thermē ( grc, Θέρμα, ) was a Greek city founded by Eretrians or Corinthians in late 7th century BC in ancient Mygdonia (which was later incorporated into Macedon), situated at the northeastern extremity of a great gulf of the Aege ...
of the Mygdones tribe, modern
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
* Thermidava, placed by Ptolemy on the Lissus- Naissus route. The toponym is most probably a misreading of a settlement which most scholars in contemporary research locate near present-day
Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...
, Serbia. *
Thynia In the ancient world, Thynia (, el, Θυνία) was a region of Europe along the northern coast of the Propontis, opposite Bithynia on the Asian side.W.H.Race, ''Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica'', Loeb Classical Library (2008), introductory maps ...
, town of the
Thyni The Thyni ( el, Θυνοί) were a Thracian tribe that lived in south-eastern Thrace. The Thyni were closely related to the Bithynians, with whom they often exchanged troops and royal marriages, later a section of the Thyni, along with the Bithyni ...
* Tibiscum * Tirista ('' Tsirista'') * Tranopara * Tranupara * Tsgipera * Tsierna ('' Dierna'') *
Tyrida Tirida, also known as Stabulum Diomedis or Stabulo Diomedis (both Latin for 'Diomedes's stable'), was a town of ancient Thrace. Pliny the Elder writes "Oppidum fuit Tirida, Diomedis equorum stabulis dirum." This Diomedes was the king of the Biston ...
* Tyrodiza * Urdoviza, modern Kiten * Utidava ('' Utidaua'') * Zalcdaba *
Zaldapa Zaldapa (''Zeldepa'', grc, Ζάλδαπα, Ζέλδεπα) was a large Late Roman fortified city in Scythia Minor/ Moesia, located near today's Abrit, Bulgaria. It was originally an ancient Thracian settlement from around the 8th century BC. ...
* Zargidava ('' Zargidaua'') * Zburulus * Sarmicegetusa * Zeugma * Zesutera * Zidava * Zikideva *
Zimnicea Zimnicea () is a town in Teleorman County, Romania (in the historic region of Muntenia), a port on the Danube opposite the Bulgarian city of Svishtov. Geography Zimnicea is situated on the left bank of the Danube river. It is the southernmost pl ...
, site where Alexander the Great fought the Dacians * Ziridava (''Ziridaua''), identified archaeologically with Pecica, Arad, Romania * Zirmai * Zisnudeba * Zisnedeva (''Zisnudeva'', ''Zisnudeba''), located in Dacian Moesia * Zucidaua * Zurobara * Zusidava (Dacia), Zusidava


Unknown names

: Dacian fortress of Aghireșu, Aghireșu : Dacian fortress of Ardan, Ardan : Dacian fortress of Ardeu, Ardeu : Dacian fortress of Arpașu de Sus, Arpașu de Sus : Dacian fortress of Augustin, Augustin : Dacian fortress of Băile Tușnad, Băile Tușnad : Dacian fortress of Băleni-Români, Băleni-Români : Dacian fortress of Bănița, Bănița : Dacian fortress of Bâzdâna, Bâzdâna : Dacian fortress of Beidaud, Beidaud : Dacian fortress of Bocșa, Bocșa : Dacian fortress of Boroșneu Mic, Boroșneu Mic : Dacian fortress of Boșorod, Boșorod : Dacian fortress of Botfei, Botfei : Dacian fortress of Breaza, Breaza : Dacian fortress of Bretea Mureșană, Bretea Mureșană : Dacian fortress of Bucium, Bucium : Dacian fortress of Căpâlna, Căpâlna : Dacian fortress of Cernat, Cernat : Dacian fortress of Cetățeni, Cetățeni : Dacian fortress of Cioclovina, Cioclovina : Dacian fortress of Clopotiva, Clopotiva : Costești-Blidaru Dacian fortress, "Costești-Blidaru" : Costești-Cetățuie Dacian fortress, "Costești-Cetățuie" : Dacian fortress of Cotnari, Cotnari : Dacian fortress of Coțofenii din Dos, Coțofenii din Dos : Dacian fortress of Covasna, Covasna : Dacian fortress of Cozia, Cozia : Dacian fortress of Crăsanii de Jos, Crăsanii de Jos : Dacian fortress of Crivești, Crivești : Dacian fortress of Crizbav, Crizbav : Dacian fortress of Cuciulata, Cuciulata : Dacian fortress of Cucuiș - Dealul Golu, "Cucuiș - Dealul Golu" : Dacian fortress of Cucuiș - Vârful Berianului, "Cucuiș - Vârful Berianului" : Dacian fortress of Cugir, Cugir : Dacian fortress of Cârlomănești, Cârlomănești : Dacian fortress of Dalboșeț, Dalboșeț : Dacian fortress of Densuș, Densuș : Dacian fortress of Divici, Divici : Dacian fortress of Drajna de Sus, Drajna de Sus : Dacian fortress of Dumitrița, Dumitrița : Dacian fortress of Eliseni, Eliseni : Dacian fortress of Feldioara, Feldioara : Fețele Albe Dacian fortress, "Fețele Albe" : Dacian fortress of Grădiștea de Munte, Grădiștea de Munte : Dacian fortress of Iedera de Jos, Iedera de Jos : Dacian fortress of Feleac, Feleac : Dacian fortress of Jigodin, Jigodin : Dacian fortress of Liubcova, Liubcova : Dacian fortress of Mala Kopania, Mala Kopania : Dacian fortress of Marca, Marca : Dacian fortress of Mataraua, Mataraua : Dacian fortress of Merești, Merești : Dacian fortress of Moinești, Moinești : Dacian fortress of Monariu, Monariu : Dacian fortress of Monor, Monor : Dacian fortress of Moșna, Moșna : Dacian fortress of Ocolișu Mic, Ocolișu Mic : Dacian fortress of Odorheiu Secuiesc, Odorheiu Secuiesc : Dacian fortress of Olteni, Olteni : Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains, Orăștie Mountains : Dacian fortress of Petrila, Petrila : Dacian fortress of Petroșani, Petroșani : Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress, "Piatra Roșie" : Dacian fortress of Pietroasa Mică, Pietroasa Mică : Dacian fortress of Pinticu, Pinticu : Dacian fortress of Pisculești, Pisculești : Dacian fortress of Poiana cu Cetate, Poiana cu Cetate : Dacian fortress of Polovragi, Polovragi : Dacian fortress of Ponor, Ponor : Dacian fortress of Popești (Călărași), Popești (Călărași) : Dacian fortress of Porumbenii Mari, Porumbenii Mari : Dacian fortress of Praid, Praid : Dacian fortress of Racoș, Racoș : Dacian fortress of Racu, Racu : Dacian fortress of Radovanu - Gorgana I, Radovanu - Gorgana I : Dacian fortress of Radovanu - Jidovescu, Radovanu - Jidovescu : Dacian fortress of Roadeș, Roadeș : Dacian fortress of Rovinari, Rovinari : Dacian fortress of Rușor, Rușor : Dacian fortress of Sacalasău, Sacalasău : Dacian fortress of Satu Mare (Harghita), Satu Mare (Harghita) : Dacian fortress of Satu Nou, Satu Nou : Dacian fortress of Sânzieni, Sânzieni : Dacian fortress of Seimeni, Seimeni : Dacian fortress of Socol, Socol : Dacian fortress of Sprâncenata, Sprâncenata : Dacian fortress of Stâncești, Stâncești : Dacian fortress of Stoina, Stoina : Dacian fortress of Șeica Mică, Șeica Mică : Dacian fortress of Tășad, Tășad : Dacian fortress of Telița, Telița : Dacian fortress of Teliu, Teliu : Dacian fortress of Tilișca, Tilișca : Dacian fortress of Timișu de Jos, Timișu de Jos : Dacian fortress of Turia, Turia : Dacian fortress of Unip, Unip : Dacian fortress of Uroi, Uroi : Dacian fortress of Valea Seacă, Valea Seacă : Dacian fortress of Viișoara Moșneni, Viișoara Moșneni : Dacian fortress of Zemplín, Zemplín : Dacian fortress of Zetea, Zetea


Thraco-Illyrian

* Chesdupara * Daradapara * Skopje, Scupi of the Dardani tribe * Sirmium


Greek and Macedon


Thrace, from Strymon to Nestos

* Amphipolis, founded by colonists from Athens * AkontismaAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 856 * Antisara * Creston, Crestonia, Creston, modern Kilkis * Datos, founded by colonists from ThasosAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 855: "The Thasians... they founded Krenides and Daton" * Drabeskos * Eion, founded by colonists from Athens * Ennea Hodoi * Galepsus (Edonis), Galepsus, founded by colonists from Thasos * Gasoros * Heraclea Sintica * Crenides (Thrace), Krenides, founded by colonists from Thasos * Mastira, mentioned by Demosthenes (341 BCE) in his "The Oration on the State of the Chersonesus". This town was unknown to the scholar Harpocration (100-200 CE), who suggests that instead of "Mastira" we should read "Bastira", a known Thracian town of that name. * Myrkinos, founded by colonists from MiletusAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 782, "The Thasians are said to have colonised the Hedonian city of Myrkinos, Galepsos and Oisyme..." in 497 BC * Neapolis (Colony), Neapolis, founded by colonists from Thasos, modern Kavala * Oesyme, founded by colonists from Thasos * ParoikopolisAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 857 * Pergamos (polis), Pergamos * Phagres, founded by colonists from Thasos * Philippi, founded by Philip II of Macedon, rebuilt Crenides * Philippopolis (Thrace), Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv) * Pistyros, founded by colonists from Thasos * Sirra, founded by Philip II of Macedon, rebuilt town of the Siriopeoni, modern Serres * Skapte Hyle * Skotoussa (polis), Skotoussa * Tristolos


Thrace, from Nestos to Hebros

* Abdera, founded by colonists from Klazomenai * Enez, Ainos (''Poltymbria'') founded by colonists from Alopeke, Mytilene, and Kyme (Aeolis), Kyme * Bergepolis, founded by colonists from Abdera * Doriskos * Drys (Colony), Drys, founded by colonists from Samothrace * Dikaia (Colony), Dikaia, founded by colonists from SamosThe Histories by Herodotus, Carolyn Dewald, and Robin Waterfield, 2008, page 442: "... bed of the Lisus, Xerxes passed the Greek towns of Maronea, Dicaea, and Abdera. His route also took him past a ..." * Cypsela (Thrace), Kypsela * Larissa (Thrace), Larissa * Maroneia, founded by colonists from Chios * Menebria, founded by colonists from Samothrace on a town named Melsambria, modern
Nessebar Nesebar (often transcribed as Nessebar and sometimes as Nesebur, bg, Несебър, pronounced ) is an ancient city and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative centr ...
* Orthagoria * Sale (Colony), Sale, founded by colonists from Samothrace * Stryme (Colony), Stryme, founded from colonists from Thasos * Zone (Colony), Zone, founded by colonists from Samothrace


Inland Thrace

* Alexandropolis Maedica *
Beroea Beroea (or Berea) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Mountains north of Mount Olympus ...
, founded by Philip II of Macedon in 342 BC * Plovdiv, Philippopolis, Pulpudeva (''Philippopolis (Thracia), Philippopolis''), today's city of Plovdiv in Bulgaria, founded by Philip II of Macedon in a town formerly called ''Eumolpias''. * Stanimachos, founded by colonists from Istiaia, modern Asenovgrad * Pistiros, founded by Pistyrians from the coast


Thracian Chersonesos

*Aegospotami (''Aegospotamos'') * Alokopennesos, founded by colonists from Aeolis * Araplos * Gallipoli, Callipolis * Chersonesos (Colony), Chersonesos (''Agora (Colony), Agora''), founded by colonists from Athens * Derris (Colony), Derris * Elaious, founded by colonists from Athens * Ide (Colony), Ide * Kardia (Colony), Kardia, founded by colonists from AthensAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation, by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 636: "In the archaic period Athens colonised Sigeion, Elaious, Chersonesus, Paktye, Sestus, Kardia..." * Kressa (Thrace), Kressa * Krithotai, founded by colonists from Athens * Limnae, Thrace, Limnae, founded by colonists from Miletus * Madytos (Colony), Madytos, founded by colonists from Lesbos * Pactya, founded by colonists from Athens * Paion (Thrace), Paion * Sestos, founded by colonists from Lesbos


Propontic Thrace

* Athyra (Colony), Athyra * Byzantion, founded by colonists from Megara on a town called
Lygos Neolithic artifacts, uncovered by archeologists at the beginning of the 21st century, indicate that Istanbul's historic peninsula was settled as far back as the 6th millennium BCE. That early settlement, important in the spread of the Neolit ...
, modern
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* Bisanthe, founded by colonists from Samos * Daminon Teichos * Ergiske * Heraclea Pontica, Heraclea (''Perinthus'') * Heraion (Colony), Heraion, founded by colonists from Samos * Lysimachia (Thrace), Lysimachia * Neapolis (Thracian Chersonese), founded by colonists from Athens * Orestias, rebuilt * Perinthus, founded by colonists from Samos * Rhaedestus, founded by colonists from Samos * Serrion Teichos *
Selymbria Selymbria ( gr, Σηλυμβρία),Demosthenes, '' de Rhod. lib.'', p. 198, ed. Reiske. or Selybria (Σηλυβρία), or Selybrie (Σηλυβρίη), was a town of ancient Thrace on the Propontis, 22 Roman miles east from Perinthus, and 44 Rom ...
, modern
Silivri Silivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a city and a district in Istanbul Province along the Sea of Marmara in Turkey, outside the urban core of Istanbul, containing many holiday and weekend homes for residents of the city. Th ...
in European Turkey, of Thracian etymology * Tyrodiza, of Thracian etymology


West Pontic coast

* Tulcea, Aegyssos, modern Tulcea * Aquae Calidae, Bulgaria, Aquae Calidae * Ahtopol, founded by colonists from Athens * Pomorie, Anchialos, modern Pomorie, founded by colonists from Appolonia * Apollonia, Thrace#History, Apollonia, modern Sozopol, founded by IoniansAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, Index * Berga (Colony), Berga, founded by colonists from Thasos * Bizone, founded by colonists from Miletus, modern Kavarna * Krutoi (city), Krutoi, modern Balchik founded by Miletian colonists * Dionysupolis, Dionysopolis, modern Balchik, founded by colonists from Miletus * Obzor, Heliopolis, modern Obzor * Histria (Sinoe), Histria, founded by colonists from Miletus * Kallatis (''Callatis''), founded from colonists from Herakleia Pontike, modern-day Mangalia, Romania * Mesembria, modern Nesebar, settled during the 6th century BC by Dorians from Megara * Varna, Bulgaria, Odessos, modern Varna, Bulgaria, Varna, founded by colonists from Miletus * Niconium, Nikonion, founded by colonists from Istros * Salmydessos (from IE ''*salm-udes'', "salty water"; cf. Greek ''álmē'', "sea water, brine"; ''ýdos'', "water") * Constanța, Tomis, modern Constanta, rebuilt Scythian town


Other

* Aison (Colony), Aison * Brea (colony), Brea, founded by colonists from Athens, *
Gazoros Gazoros or Gazorus (Greek: ) was a town mentioned by Ptolemy to be in the region of Edonis or Odomantike and also by inscriptions of Hellenistic and Roman times. Later in the 4th century BC, it was annexed to the Macedonian kingdom and made a pol ...
* Heraclea Sintica on a tribe of the Sintoi tribe * Kossaia


Persian

* Boryza (city)An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 891, "Note that the only one which is explicitly called a polis by Hekataios is Boryza (fr.166) and here we learn that it is a polis inhabited by Persians i.e not by Greeks or Thracians." * Doriscus


Roman

* Abritus * Acumincum * Ad Medium * Agura Piatra (Regianum) * Appiaria * Apros * Aquis * Augustae * Augusta Traiana (formerly Beroe, later Stara Zagora) * Burgenae * Camistrum * Caenophrurium * Cypsella * Deultum, rebuilt
Debelt Debelt ( Bulgarian: Дебелт) is a village in Burgas Province in southeastern Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Sredets. History Debelt is located near the ruins of the city of Develtos. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 ...
* Deltum * Diocletianopolis (Thrace), Diocletianopolis (modern Hisarya, Bulgaria, Hisarya) * Doclea (town), Doracium * Durorstorum, modern Silistra * Drobeta * Gensis (vicus), Gensis * Hadrianople, rebuild Uscudama * Justiniana Prima * Margus (city), Margus * Marcianopolis, modern Devnya * Maximianopolis in Rhodope, Maximianopolis * Morisena (castra), Morisena * Montana * Nicopolis ad Istrum * Nicopolis ad Nestum, rebuilt Alexandrupolis * Novae (fortress), Novae *
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* Pautalia, modern
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* Peć, Pescium, modern Peć * Plotinopolis, modern Hissarya, * Porolissum * Resculum (castra Remesiana) * Sexagnita Prista, modern Ruse, Bulgaria, Ruse * Sirmium * Theranda * Traianopolis (Thrace), Traianopolis * Transmarisca, modern Tutrakan * Tropaeum Traiani * Pirot, Turres, modern Pirot * Ulmetum (castra), Ulmetum * Ulpiana * Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa * Valve, modern Vratsa * Vicianum, modern Vučitrn * Viminacium *
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* Zikideva * the rest after conquest


Celtic

* Dunonia, modern Vidin * Malata * Naissus, modern Niš * Noviodunum *
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, modern
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* Singidunum, modern Belgrade * Taurunum * Tylis


See also

* List of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia * List of rulers of Thrace and Dacia * List of ancient cities in Illyria * List of rulers of Illyria * Dava (Dacian), Dacian Dava * Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains * Tabula Peutingeriana * Notitia Dignitatum


Notes


References

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External links

*
Sorin Olteanu's Project: Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section



Placenames in the Compilation 'notitia dignitatum' (Cnd)





Dacian Map

Thracians and Dacians

Thracians 700-46 BC
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