Thrace
the ancient name of the Turkish province of Rumeli. It is said to have been peopled by a tribe of Pelasgians. The authentic history of the country commences with the formation of the Greek settlements in the 6th century B. c.
Of these, the principal were Byzantium (675 в. c.), Selymbria, Abdera (560 B. c.), Mesembria, Dicæa, Maronea, Ænus, Cardia, Sestus, Amphipolis, etc.; but their want of union enabled the Thracian chiefs of the interior to preserve their of Persia, marched through Thrace on his way to punish the European Scythians, and on his return, left Megabazus, with 80,000 men, to subdue the country. In this he partially succeeded, but new disturbances and complications arose between the Persians and Greeks, which resulted (480 в. c.) in the famous expeditween the Persians and Greeks, which renian kingdom, under Philip II. (359 (359 B. c.), destroyed the independence of a great part of Thrace. Under the Government destroyed the independence of a great rated with Macedonia, and became complete. On the fall of the Macedonian rated with Macedonia, and became comhands of the Romans, and subsequently kingdom (168 B. c.), it passed into the THREAD China, etc.; fossil 36, from the Lower Oölite, if not the Trias, onward.