Политиката на Лизимах в Тракия 323/322–311 г. пр.Хр.
The Policy of Lisimachus in Thrace 323/322–311 B.C.

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Summary/Abstract: After the death of Alexander the Great an administrative division of the satrapies in the Empire was carried out. The written tradition of antiquity is unanimous that Lysimachus obtained the administration of Thrace and Chersoneus, as well as of the tribes neighbouring on the Thracians up to Salmidesos on Pontus Euxinus. In the spring of 322 B.C. Lysimachus tried to recover at least partially the Macedonian control over SE Thrace in the lower reaches of the Toundja and Maritsa rivers but failed to overcome the resistance of the Odrysae Seuthes III. Most scholars note explicitly that during his long rule Lysimachus had to comply with the existence of the strong state alliance of Odrysae and Getae. In the first decade or so of his presence in Thrace he virtually controlled the territories around the Propontis. The Thracian Chersonesus, some cities in Aegeis and the colonies on the Pontus south of Salmidesos. This predetermined his conflict with the cities on the Western Black Sea coast, headed by Kalatis, the alliance of which was joined by the anonymous dynasties of Getae and Scythians. They were supported also by the Odrysian ruler Seuthes III. Despite his successes in this war waged in 313/312 B.C., the general failed to impose a lasting political and economic hegemony in Thrace outside the territories under his control before that.

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