Dr. Zosia Archibald

In those places that have been excavated intensively, I've been associated with a place called Pisteros, which is bang in the middle of the Thracian plain and was a very big city that was importing and exporting various kinds of commodities.

In those places that have been excavated intensively, I've been associated with a place called Pisteros, which is bang in the middle of the Thracian plain and was a very big city that was importing and exporting various kinds of commodities.

Yes, yes. You've mentioned Seuthopolis, and Seuthopolis is one of those key sites named after the ruler Seuthes III, who fought Lysimachus, one of Alexander the Great's successors in the region. And there is also Helles, the modern name Sporianovo. This is a big fortress city, very extensive territory,

Yes, yes. You've mentioned Seuthopolis, and Seuthopolis is one of those key sites named after the ruler Seuthes III, who fought Lysimachus, one of Alexander the Great's successors in the region. And there is also Helles, the modern name Sporianovo. This is a big fortress city, very extensive territory,

Yes, yes. You've mentioned Seuthopolis, and Seuthopolis is one of those key sites named after the ruler Seuthes III, who fought Lysimachus, one of Alexander the Great's successors in the region. And there is also Helles, the modern name Sporianovo. This is a big fortress city, very extensive territory,

which is perhaps the site of the headquarters of another opponent of Lysimachus, namely Dromychites. So we have a number of excavated places that we can point to. But it's worth saying that many cities were created in this period that haven't survived. And that's true of Macedonia as it is of Thrace. And this is simply because cities were a relatively ephemeral phenomenon for a long time.

which is perhaps the site of the headquarters of another opponent of Lysimachus, namely Dromychites. So we have a number of excavated places that we can point to. But it's worth saying that many cities were created in this period that haven't survived. And that's true of Macedonia as it is of Thrace. And this is simply because cities were a relatively ephemeral phenomenon for a long time.

which is perhaps the site of the headquarters of another opponent of Lysimachus, namely Dromychites. So we have a number of excavated places that we can point to. But it's worth saying that many cities were created in this period that haven't survived. And that's true of Macedonia as it is of Thrace. And this is simply because cities were a relatively ephemeral phenomenon for a long time.

And it's only the ones that have survived into the Roman Empire that we've really paid attention to because they've survived. And there are lots of reasons why they survived. But the survivors conceal a lot of what we would like to know about earlier periods.

And it's only the ones that have survived into the Roman Empire that we've really paid attention to because they've survived. And there are lots of reasons why they survived. But the survivors conceal a lot of what we would like to know about earlier periods.

And it's only the ones that have survived into the Roman Empire that we've really paid attention to because they've survived. And there are lots of reasons why they survived. But the survivors conceal a lot of what we would like to know about earlier periods.

So the critical phase before the Roman Empire, what we call the Hellenistic Age between the 3rd and the 1st centuries BC, this is a largely unknown period, and not just in Thrace, also in many other parts of the Aegean. We'd like to know more about it, and this is true of The Levant, the great cities. I mean, you think about Antioch on the Orontes.

So the critical phase before the Roman Empire, what we call the Hellenistic Age between the 3rd and the 1st centuries BC, this is a largely unknown period, and not just in Thrace, also in many other parts of the Aegean. We'd like to know more about it, and this is true of The Levant, the great cities. I mean, you think about Antioch on the Orontes.

So the critical phase before the Roman Empire, what we call the Hellenistic Age between the 3rd and the 1st centuries BC, this is a largely unknown period, and not just in Thrace, also in many other parts of the Aegean. We'd like to know more about it, and this is true of The Levant, the great cities. I mean, you think about Antioch on the Orontes.

What do we really know about Antioch in this period? We'd love to know more.

What do we really know about Antioch in this period? We'd love to know more.

What do we really know about Antioch in this period? We'd love to know more.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.