Bisaltia

Map of the Kingdom of Macedon with Bisaltia located in the eastern districts of the kingdom.

Bisaltia (Greek: Βισαλτία) or Bisaltica was an ancient country which was bordered by Sintiki on the north, Crestonia on the west, Mygdonia on the south and was separated by Odomantis on the north-east and Edonis on the south-east by river Strymon.The eponymous inhabitants, known as the Bisaltae, were a Thracian people. Later was annexed by kingdom of Macedon and became one of its districts. The most important town in Bisaltia was the Greek city of Argilus.[1] There was a river named Bisaltes in the region, which has not been certainly identified.

History

Bisaltia, along with Crestonia, was ruled by a Thracian prince at the time of the invasion of Xerxes I of Persia, but by the onset of the Peloponnesian War it was annexed to Macedon.

In Roman times, Bisaltia crossed a branch of the via Egnatia, in which the Roman sources (Itineraria) mention four horses change stations : Trinlo (=Tragilos), Graero, Arason (=Arolos) and Euporia.[2] In various sites of Bisaltia have been found so far several interesting inscriptions of imperial times.[3]

Today, Bisaltia is contained within the Serres regional unit and part of the Thessaloniki regional unit in Greece.

References

  1. ↑ 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,ISBN 0-19-814099-1,page 810,"There were three polis in Bisaltia of which one was considered a colony of Andros"
  2. ↑ D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 24, 117-119
  3. ↑ D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18 (1989), fasc. 1, p. 215-225, n. 1-23

Coordinates: 40°57′30″N 23°23′10″E / 40.9583°N 23.3861°E / 40.9583; 23.3861

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