Person

Sitalces

r. c. 431–424 BCE · 5th century BCE

Sitalces was king of the Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace from about 431 to 424 BCE, the son of its founder Teres I. He extended Odrysian power from the Aegean to the Danube, allied with Athens at the start of the Peloponnesian War and led a huge army into Macedonia in 429 BCE. He was killed in 424 BCE fighting the Triballi.

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Odrysian KingdomFoundation, Military, Governance, Impact, Summary

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TriballiOdrysian Kingdom

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