Roman Thrace

Thrace: Roman province in what is now Bulgaria.

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29/28 BCE: Moesian war of Crassus
11 CE: The Romans suppress a revolt of the Bessae
15 CE: Creation of the Moesian provinces along the Danube
26 CE: Poppaeus Sabinus suppresses a Thracian revolt
c.30 CE: Novae founded
45/46 CE: Death of Rhoemetalces III of the Odryassae (tomb at Karanovo); the Roman emperor Claudius adds the Odryssan kingdom to the Roman Empire; Thracian soldiers in the Roman auxiliaries

The Adamclisi monument

After the annexation, Thrace and Moesia Inferior were a normal Roman province. Capital Perinthus.
Main cities in Thrace: Serdica (modern Sofia), Pautalia, Philippopolis, Hadrianopolis, Bizye, Byzantium, Mesembria,
Main cities in Moesia Inferior: Odessos, Tomis, Histria, Troesmis, Durostorum, Novae, Oescus
85-89: Domitian's War against Dacia
101-102:Trajan's First Dacian War
105-106: Trajan's Second Dacian War; commemorated with the victory monument at Adamclisi, the founding of Nicopolis, and (in Rome) the Column of Trajan
Mid-second century: revolts
c.170: Invasion of the Costobaci
235-238: Reign of the emperor Maximinus the Thracian
240: Beginning of the "barbarian" invasions
250/251: Sack of Philippopolis; battle of Abritus; death of Decius
270-275: Aurelian abandons Dacia; the Danube becomes the frontier again

Mithras Relief	Durostorum, Basilica	Durostorum, Roman sarcophagus	Novae, Sanctuary
Novae, Capitoline Triad	Oescus, Tombstone of P. Scribonus of V Macedonica	Stara Zagora, Portrait of a Roman man	Stara Zagora, Mosaic of a hare
Stara Zagora, Bathhouse/Amphitheater	Radanovo, Gordian III	Plovdiv, Theater	Plovdiv, Theater, stage

Serdica (Sofia): baths

c.300 Reforms of Diocletian
Persecution of the Christians
311 During a visit to the baths of Serdica, Galerius puts an end to the persecutions
324: Constantine defeats Licinius
Adrianople battlefield

330: Founding of Constantinople
343: Council of Serdica
364/365: The usurper Procopius
367-369: Wars of Valens
375: Beginning of the great Gothic invasion
Dedication to Basiliscus (Plovdiv)

378: Battle of Adrianople
381/382: Theodosius recognizes the Goths as foederati
390/391: Renewed war
First half fifth century: The Huns invade Thrace
493: First appearance of Proto-Bulgars
520: First Slavonic settlement
527-565: Reign of Justinian; many towns restored
580-600: Wars against the Avars
Second half seventh century: Khan Asparuh settles the Bulgars in northern Thrace

Silistra, Slavonic palace

Novae, Byzantine basilica

Nesebar, Byzantine church

Nesebar, Byzantine baths