Pre-Roman Bessoi
Pre-Roman Bessoi

Summary/Abstract: Poorly documented, the Pre-Roman Bessoi have been the subject of many unsolved questions related first to their identification and to their location. Using a historiographical approach combined with the analysis of the literary sources, this contribution reopens the debate and suggests that their territory was much larger than usually assumed. It also aims at shedding a new light on the history of this Thracian ethnos by analyzing the warlike exchanges in which the Bessoi were involved, especially through a numismatic study. The analysis stresses the key role of the Bessoi not only in Thracian history, but also in ancient Greek history.

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