Pistiros
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Pistiros ( Greek Πίστιρος ) was an ancient Greek trading post in inner Thrace in the upper Hebros Valley , today's Wetren (Pasardzhik Oblast) in Bulgaria , which was founded in the middle of the 5th century BC. Was founded.
The archaeological research since 1988 has u. a. an inscription brought to light, the text of which shows that the inhabitants of the Emporion came from Maroneia , Thasos , Apollonia and from the Aegean Pistyros . It may therefore be another Thasitic colony that had the exploitation of the ore deposits in the area, the trade in metals, pottery and wine as well as the transport of goods to the Greek colonies on the Aegean coast and the Black Sea.
Presumably Pistiros was a power base of the Thasites in Thrace . However, it was probably dependent on several mother cities and Thracian tribes. Coexistence with the Thracian kingdom of the Odryses under Kotys I was contractually agreed. Pistiros developed in the 2nd half of the 5th and especially in the 4th century into a powerful, rich and culturally Greek-oriented trading town.
literature
- A. Pavlopoulou: Thrace at Herodotus: representation of an intermediate world, studies on Herodotus history, geography and ethnography of Thrace. Dissertation Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Institute for Ancient History, 2006 (only published on microfiche), pp. 381–386.
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- Домарадски, М., 1994 г., "Изложба цар Котис I. Тракийската държава. Емпорион Пистирос", каталог, гр. Септември, 1994 г .;
- Домарадски, М., Танева, В., 1998 г., "Том II. Емпорион Пистирос: Тракийската култура в в прехода кара." Септември, 1998 .;
- Bouzek, J., Domaradzki, M., Archibald, Z., eds. 1997: Pistiros I, Excavations and Studies, Prague;
- Bouzek, J., Domaradzka, L., Archibald, Z., eds. 2002: Pistiros II, Excavations and Studies, Prague;
- Bouzek, J., Domaradzka, L., eds. 2005: The Culture of Thracians and their Neighbors: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Memory of Prof. Mieczyslaw Domaradzki, with a Round Table "Archaeological Map of Bulgaria", BAR International Series 1350;
- Domaradzki, M., Domaradzka, L., Bouzek, J., Rostropowicz, J., eds. 2000: Pistiros et Thasos: Structures economiques dans la peninsule balkanique aux VII e - II e siecles av. J.-C., Opole;
- Bouzek, J., Domaradzka, L., Archibald, Z., eds. 2007: Pistiros III, Excavations and Studies, Prague.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 17 ' N , 24 ° 3' E