Earth:Bithyni
The Bithyni (/ˈbɪθɪnaɪ/; Ancient Greek:; Latin: Bithyni) were a Thracian tribe who lived in north-west Anatolia.
History
The Bithyni originally lived in the area of the lower Strymon river,[1] due to which the ancient Greeks claimed that they were originally called the Strymoni (Ancient Greek:; Latin: Strymonii).[2]
Around
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When used in date ranges, circa is applied before each approximate date, while dates without circa immediately preceding them are generally assumed to be known with certainty.
Examples
- 1732–1799: Both years are known precisely.
- c. 1732 – 1799: The beginning year is approximate; the end year is known precisely.
- 1732 – c. 1799: The beginning year is known precisely; the end year is approximate.
- c. 1732 – c. 1799: Both years are approximate.
See also
- Floruit
References
- ↑ Mihailov 1991, p. 597.
- ↑ Mihailov 1991, p. 605.
- ↑ "circa". Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/circa.
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, the Paeonians displaced the Bithynians in the Strymon valley, after which they Bithyni migrated eastwards, and crossed the Thracian Bosporus and settled in northwestern Anatolia, where they assimilated the Phrygians and the Bebryces, with the region becoming known as Bithynia after them.[1][2] The Dolonci tribe, who lived in the Thracian Chersonese and whom Greek mythology claimed were related to the Bithyni,[3] might have been remnants of the Bithyni who were left behind on the European side of the Thracian Bosporus.[4]
By the mid-6th century BC, the Bithyni had come under the rule of the Lydian empire,[5] after which it became part of the Persian Achaemenid Empire when Cyrus II annexed Lydia.[6]
Culture
The Bithyni used the round peltē shield in warfare.[7]
References
- ↑ Danov 1976, p. 95-97.
- ↑ Mihailov 1991, p. 597.
- ↑ Mihailov 1991, p. 604.
- ↑ Danov 1976, p. 131.
- ↑ Mellink 1991, p. 651.
- ↑ Mellink 1991, p. 653.
- ↑ Danov 1976, p. 149.
Sources
- Danov, Christo (1976) (in de). Altthrakien. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. https://archive.org/details/altthrakien0000dano.
- Mellink, M. (1991). "The Native Kingdoms of Anatolia". in Boardman, John; Edwards, I. E. S.; Hammond, N. G. L. et al.. The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C.. The Cambridge Ancient History. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 619–665. ISBN 978-1-139-05429-4.
- Mihailov, G. (1991). "Thrace Before the Persian Entry into Europe". in Boardman, John; Edwards, I. E. S.; Hammond, N. G. L. et al.. The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C.. The Cambridge Ancient History. 3.2. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. pp. 591–618. ISBN 978-1-139-05429-4.
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