The Gods of Battle: The Thracians at War, 1500 BC - AD 150

by Christopher F. Webber

Herodotus described the Thracians (who inhabited what is now roughly modern Bulgaria, Romania, the European part of Turkey and northern Greece) as the most numerous nation of all - apart from the Indians - and said that they would be the most powerful of all nations if they didn't enjoy fighting each other so much. There may have been a million Thracians, divided among as many as 40 tribes.

Ancient writers were hard put to decide which of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844158357
• ISBN13: 9781844158355
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"