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650 BC The town of Abdera in Thrace is founded by colonists from Clazomenae.
550 BC Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians.
513 BC Darius the Great subdues the Getae and east Thrace in his war against the Scythians.
480 BC King Xerxes I of Persia marches from Sardis and onto Thrace and Macedonia.
323 BC Alexander the Great dies in Babylon. After a dispute with the infantry led by Meleager, the cavalry general Perdiccas becomes Regent of the Empire. Alexander's posthumous son Alexander IV is declared King of Macedon and co-ruler with his uncle Philip III (Alexander's half-brother). He makes Ptolemy Governor of Egypt, Eumenes governor of Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, Antigonus Governor of Phrygia, Lysimachus Governor of Thrace; while Macedon itself was to be ruled by its old regent Antipater jointly with Alexander's chief lieutenant Craterus.
261 The rebellion of Macrianus Major, Macrianus Minor, and Quietus against Gallienus comes to an end. Macrianus Major and Minor march from Asia to Europe but are defeated in Thrace by emperor Gallienus' general Aureolus, and both are killed. Quietus flees to the city of Emesa, where he is killed by Odaenathus of Palmyra.
355 For refusing to sign the condemnation of Athanasius of Alexandria, Pope Liberius is forcedly relegated to Beroea in Thrace. Felix II becomes bishop of Rome.
365 Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, proclaims himself Roman emperor, and takes control of Thrace and Bithynia.
382 The Visigoths, defeated by Theodosius, are installed as ''foederati'' in Moesia and Thrace with the title of "Allies of the Roman people", under the condition that they furnish a contingent of auxiliary troops to defend the borders.
395 The Visigoths, led by Alaric, invade and devastate Thrace and Macedonia, impose a tribute on Athens, and then turn their sights on the West.
917 Battle of Anchialus: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drives the Byzantines out.
1255 Theodore II Lascaris, Byzantine Emperor (in exile in the Empire of Nicaea), conducts a military campaign to recover Thrace from the Bulgarians. He concludes the task successfully a year later in 1256.
1256 Theodore II Lascaris, Byzantine Emperor (in exile in the Empire of Nicaea), successfully concludes a military campaign started a year earlier to recover Thrace from the Bulgarians.
1265 Mongol raid against Thrace, led by Nogai Khan.
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